俄羅斯男子遭判13年徒刑，此前幣安披露其烏克蘭捐款資料

安東・茲維列夫（Anton Zverev）報導By Anton Zverev

倫敦，10月27日（路透社）——俄羅斯一名資訊科技專家因遭控資助恐怖主義，被判處13年徒刑；在此之前，加密貨幣交易所幣安（Binance）將他捐款給烏克蘭募款活動的詳細資料交給莫斯科。LONDON, Oct 27 (Reuters) - A Russian IT specialist has been sentenced to 13 years in jail on charges of financing terrorism after the cryptocurrency exchange Binance passed details to Moscow of his donations to Ukrainian fundraising campaigns.

根據法院聲明，第二西部區軍事法院週一裁定49歲的尤里・貝倫基（Yuri Belenkiy）有罪，判處他3年有期徒刑，外加10年嚴格制度勞改營刑期。The 2nd Western District Military Court on Monday convicted 49-year-old Yuri Belenkiy and sentenced him to three years in prison plus 10 years in a strict-regime penal colony, according to a court statement.

貝倫基持有保加利亞居留許可，去年9月飛往莫斯科探訪時遭拘留，之後一直被羈押。根據法院說法，他否認相關指控。Belenkiy, who has a Bulgarian residence permit, was detained in September last year when he flew to Moscow for a visit, and has been in custody since. He denied the charges, according to the court.

路透社看到的俄羅斯執法文件顯示，貝倫基曾回應網路上協助為烏克蘭士兵購買醫療設備的呼籲，從他的幣安帳戶匯款給烏克蘭軍方。部分款項流向亞速旅（Azov Brigade）或亞速團（Azov Regiment），這是莫斯科眼中特別厭惡的對象。Belenkiy had responded to online appeals to help buy medical equipment for Ukrainian soldiers by transferring money from his Binance accounts to the Ukrainian military, according to Russian law enforcement documents seen by Reuters. Some payments went to the Azov Brigade or Azov Regiment, a particular bete noire for Moscow.

幣安接受俄羅斯調查人員請求BINANCE ACCEPTED RUSSIAN INVESTIGATORS' REQUEST

路透社8月報導，同一批文件顯示，幣安去年應俄羅斯方面要求，向俄羅斯調查人員提供貝倫基的交易紀錄，包括匯款給烏克蘭募款活動的紀錄；這些紀錄在起訴他時發揮關鍵作用。The same documents showed that Binance provided Russian investigators with Belenkiy's transaction history last year, including records of transfers to Ukrainian fundraising campaigns, in response to a Russian request, and that the records were instrumental in prosecuting him, Reuters reported in August.

根據紀錄，貝倫基回應流亡的俄羅斯克里姆林宮批評者、支持烏克蘭的阿爾卡季・巴布琴科（Arkady Babchenko）在網路上的呼籲，向烏克蘭軍方匯出超過700美元。According to the records, Belenkiy sent more than $700 to the Ukrainian military in response to an online appeal by Arkady Babchenko, an exiled Russian critic of the Kremlin who supports Ukraine.

協助在俄羅斯面臨政治動機起訴者的人權組織「第一部門」（First Department）律師葉夫根尼・斯米爾諾夫（Yevgeny Smirnov）表示：「幣安的回覆是貝倫基刑事案件中的關鍵證據。」"The response from Binance serves as key evidence in the criminal case against Belenkiy," said Yevgeny Smirnov, a lawyer with the rights group First Department, which assists people facing politically motivated prosecutions in Russia.

監督這類起訴案件的人權倡議人士表示，近年有數十名俄羅斯人因透過加密貨幣平台捐款給後來被當局列為極端主義或恐怖主義的事業而被定罪。許多人使用加密貨幣，是因為他們以為這能讓自己的身分保密。Rights advocates who monitor such prosecutions say dozens of Russians have been convicted in recent years for donations made through cryptocurrency platforms to causes that authorities later classified as extremist or terrorist. Many used cryptocurrency because they believed it would keep their identities secret.

週二被問及這項判決時，幣安要路透社參考先前聲明；該交易所在聲明中表示，幣安「不制定或執行任何司法管轄區的法律，不決定指控，也不決定任何政府如何在法律程序中使用資訊」。幣安表示，對於機密的執法請求或個別案件不予評論。Asked on Tuesday about the sentence, Binance referred Reuters to a previous statement in which it said the exchange "does not make or enforce the laws of any jurisdiction, determine charges, or decide how any government uses information in legal proceedings". It said it does not comment on confidential law-enforcement requests or individual cases.

專精加密貨幣監管的律師麥克・比斯特羅夫（Mike Bystrov）8月告訴路透社，幣安在莫斯科全面入侵烏克蘭、隨後西方制裁實施後，已於2023年退出俄羅斯；幣安並沒有義務提供貝倫基的資料。A lawyer who specialises in crypto regulation, Mike Bystrov, told Reuters in August that Binance, which left Russia in 2023 following Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent imposition of Western sanctions, had been under no obligation to provide Belenkiy's data.

他表示，事實上，基於貝倫基的保加利亞居留身分，幣安依歐盟資料保護法可能有義務不得這麼做。He said it might, in fact, have had obligations under European Union data-protection law not to do so because of Belenkiy's Bulgarian residency status.

（凱文・利菲（Kevin Liffey）編輯）(Editing by Kevin Liffey)