Giorgi Chubetidze
- Criminal Code
- Article 359 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
- Region
- Occupied territory of Donetska oblast
- Address for letters
- 283086, Респ. Донецкая Народная, г. Донецк, ул. Кобозева, д. 4, ФКУ СИЗО-1 ГУФСИН России по Донецкой Народной Республике, Чубетидзе Георгий Мевлудович, 1983 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 20 March 2025
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Case summary
According to the NTV TV channel, Chubetidze served in the Ukrainian Armed Forces from 2016 to 2019, then returned to Georgia, where he took part in protests, after which he was declared wanted and left again for Ukraine. In 2022, after being taken into custody due to a fight, he signed a contract with the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Supposedly, he was captured on 12 November 2023 near Kremenna in the Luhansk region of Ukraine. In a video released by NTV on 20 November, he says he was a sniper on the Maidan in 2014. Charged with mercenarism, while most likely a resident of Ukraine.
Others charged under Article 359 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
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