Vladislav Borisenko
Vladislav Borisenko, born 2002, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug. Charges: Article 205 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Terrorist attack (by a group or with serious consequences)); “Vladislav Borisenko's case of the military recruitment centre arson in Nizhnevartovsk”. Sentence (January 31, 2023): 12 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since September 7, 2023; place of detention: Penal colony No. 41, Kemerovo Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, May 5, 2025.
In brief
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug · Khanty-Mansiysk · Terrorism cases
Sentence
12 years
imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony
Upheld September 7, 2023
Charges
- Article 205 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Terrorist attack (by a group or with serious consequences)
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, on the night of 4 May he took part in throwing Molotov cocktails at the building of the military recruitment office in Nizhnevartovsk.
Latest event
May 5, 2025 — 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 5, 2025
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 12 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Vladislav Borisenko's case of the military recruitment centre arson in Nizhnevartovsk
Criminal case
Vladislav Borisenko's case of the military recruitment centre arson in Nizhnevartovsk
Thematic group: The case of arson in the military recruiting office in Nizhnevartovsk
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 41, Kemerovo Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
652059, Кемеровская область, г. Юрга, ул. Окрайная, д. 1, ИК-41, ФКУ «ИК № 41 ГУФСИН России по Кемеровской области», Борисенко Владислав Сергеевич, 2002 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Nizhnevartovsk. He was taken into custody in connection with a criminal case concerning the arson of a military recruitment office; according to the investigation, he was filming the incident. Initially, Borisenko was charged with damage to or destruction of property and hooliganism, but the charge was later reclassified as committing a terrorist act by a group of persons. On January 31, 2023, Borisenko was sentenced to 12 years in a strict-regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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