Artur Anikanov
Artur Anikanov, born 1991, Occupied territory of Donetska oblast. Charges: Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code (Receiving training for the commission of terrorist crimes); Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in a terrorist community); “Artur Anikanov's case of the participation in the activities of a terrorist community”. Sentenced on November 27, 2025. Status: imprisoned. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, May 23, 2026.
In brief
Occupied territory of Donetska oblast · Military personnel · Terrorism cases
Sentence
Imprisonment (details unknown)
Upheld April 7, 2026
Charges
- Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code — Receiving training for the commission of terrorist crimes
- Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in a terrorist community
Latest event
May 23, 2026 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, May 23, 2026
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Artur Anikanov's case of the participation in the activities of a terrorist community
- Case number
- 2-1121/2025
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Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
283086, Респ. Донецкая Народная, г. Донецк, ул. Кобозева, д. 4, ФКУ СИЗО-1 ГУФСИН России по Донецкой Народной Республике, Аниканов Артур Викторович, 1991 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Ukrainian serviceman. Captured no later than March 2022. Charged with participating in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the activities of the "Azov" battalion. On 27 November 2025, Anikanov was sentenced to imprisonment, term unknown.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
- Preventive measures
- pre-trial detention
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.