Dmitrii Borisenko
Dmitrii Borisenko, born 1989. Charges: Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in a terrorist community); “Dmitrii Borysenko's case”. Sentence (November 14, 2025): 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since December 25, 2025; place of detention: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Rostov Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, April 19, 2026.
In brief
Military personnel · Terrorism cases
Sentence
6 years
imprisonment in a general regime colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in a terrorist community
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, in September 2021, while in Mariupol, he voluntarily joined the Ukrainian paramilitary nationalist group, the Azov Regiment, recognized in Russia as a terrorist organization. After that, he took part in combat operations “against the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of the Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republics,” serving as a rifleman in the battalion.
Latest event
April 19, 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, April 19, 2026
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Imprisonment begins
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Dmitrii Borysenko's case
- Case number
- 1-879/2025
Thematic group: The case of eight servicemen of the Azov Brigade
Write a letter
Facility: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Rostov Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
344022 г. Ростов-на-Дону, ул. Максима Горького, 219, ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по Ростовской области, Борисенко Дмитрий Владимирович, 1989 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Ukrainian serviceman. On 29 April 2022, he was taken prisoner. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion. In September 2025, the case went to court. On 14 November 2025, Borysenko was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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