Pavel Artemenko
Pavel Artemenko, born 1997. 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); “Pavel Artemenko's case”. Sentenced on December 4, 2025. Status: location unknown.
In brief
Military personnel · Terrorism cases
Sentence
Upheld April 27, 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
April 27, 2026 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Pavel Artemenko's case
- Case number
- 1-939/2025
Thematic group: The case of four servicemen of the Azov Brigade
Details and sources
Full summary
A Ukrainian serviceman. In August 2023, he was sentenced to 24 years in a strict regime penal colony on charges of attempted murder, ill-treatment of civilians and property damage due to shelling of residential houses in the occupied territory of the Donetsk region of Ukraine. In addition, a case was initiated against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion. In September 2025, the case went to court.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.