Daniil Bondarenko
Daniil Bondarenko, born 2001, Primorsky Krai. Charges: Article 205.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism, or justification of terrorism); “Daniil Bondarenko's case of public justification of terrorism”. Sentence (January 23, 2024): 2 years' imprisonment in an open prison. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, September 8, 2024.
In brief
Primorsky Krai · Vladivostok · Military personnel · Anti-war cases, Terrorism cases
Sentence
2 years
imprisonment in an open prison
Upheld March 13, 2024
Charges
- Article 205.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Public incitement to terrorism, or justification of terrorism
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, in August 2023, in a conversation with fellow soldiers, he said that he did not support war with Ukraine, and justified the strikes that the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck the Crimean bridge in October 2022 and July 2023.
Latest event
March 1, 2026 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, September 8, 2024
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years
· Persecution begins
Daniil Bondarenko's case of public justification of terrorism
Criminal case
Daniil Bondarenko's case of public justification of terrorism
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
A case of public justification of terrorism was brought against Bondarenko because of a conversation with fellow soldiers at his home. He pleaded guilty, the case was considered in a special order. On 23 January 2024 he was sentenced to two years in a penal colony. Presumably, he was released in March 2026.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.