Roman Ataman
Roman Ataman, born 1994. 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); “Roman Ataman's case of involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion”. Sentence (September 22, 2025): 20 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 16, 2025. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, May 1, 2026.
In brief
Military personnel · Terrorism cases
Sentence
20 years
imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
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 1, 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 1, 2026
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 20 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Roman Ataman's case of involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion
- Case number
- 1-737/2025
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Full summary
Ataman was a Ukrainian trooper. He was captured in Mariupol no later than August 2023. A case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community was opened against him due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion. On 22 September 2025, Ataman was sentenced to 20 years in a strict regime penal colony.
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.