Nikolai Chuprina
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.3, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 278, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Terrorism cases
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (strict regime)
- Sentence
- 20 years
- Date of verdict
- 2025-10-17
- Facility
- ФКУ СИЗО-5 ГУФСИН России по Ростовской области
Case summary
Served in the Ukrainian Aidar battalion, stormtrooper. He was detained in the spring of 2022 in the occupied Donetsk region of Ukraine. He was forced to appear in a propaganda video. In court, he said that prior to this he has been beaten and tortured with a field phone. He was charged under several articles of the Criminal Code of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic. After the Russian Federation declared the DPR part of its territory, the charges were reclassified under the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation: Chuprina was accused of participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation, violent seizure of power and receiving a training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities. Human rights activists note that he is a prisoner of war, so he should not have been held criminally liable for participation in military activities; in addition, they consider the charges absurd. On 17 October 2025, Chuprina was sentenced to 20 years in a strict regime penal colony.
Others charged under Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code
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