Sergei Kachushkin, deputy prosecutor of Moscow’s Babushkinsky inter-district prosecutor’s office, has received new charges in addition to the previously reported torture case. According to a Moscow City Court ruling noted by Mediazona, he is accused of organizing the sale of firearms by a group and organizing large-scale drug trafficking.
The charges are classified under Part 3 of Article 33 together with Paragraph “a” of Part 5 of Article 222 of the Russian Criminal Code, and under Part 3 of Article 33 together with Paragraph “g” of Part 4 of Article 228.1. The case materials say these new charges were brought in April 2026.
Kachushkin originally became a defendant in a torture case under Part 4 of Article 286 on July 11, 2025. The court materials also state that his case was merged with another torture case opened against a different person on June 24, 2025.
No further details of the new accusations are disclosed in the published materials. Mediazona had previously reported that the investigation into the civilian prosecutor was handled by the Military Investigative Directorate. The outlet says this may indicate that other defendants in the broader criminal case are military personnel.
The case has now been transferred for consideration to the Moscow City Court on the civilian side. Mediazona notes that none of the charges brought against him would normally lead to that jurisdiction unless the case contains information classified as a state secret. Before the first hearing, a judge’s assistant told the outlet’s reporter that all proceedings would be held behind closed doors.
Mediazona also found that Sergei Kachushkin is the son of another Sergei Kachushkin, a former senior FSB officer. According to leaked databases, they share an address on Leninsky Prospekt in Moscow. The Dossier Center identified the elder Kachushkin as a former employee of the FSB central apparatus, and his official biography indicates that he served in the agency in 2000–2009 before later holding government posts in Tver Region, the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, and Irkutsk Region.