Sergey Dudchenko
Sergey Dudchenko, born 1987, Stavropol Krai. Charges: Article 205 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Preparation for a terrorist attack (by a group or with serious consequences)); “The case of the three”, opened on October 8, 2022. Sentenced on May 4, 2026; previously convicted under Article 222 part 1, Russian Criminal Code; Article 222 part 7, Russian Criminal Code; Article 222.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 1, 2022; place of detention: Pre-trial detention centre No. 5, Rostov Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, October 8, 2024.
In brief
Stavropol Krai · NULL · Security guards · Anti-war cases, Terrorism cases
Sentence
7 years
Imprisonment (strict regime), Restriction of liberty
No information about an appeal ruling.
Other verdicts
- June 27, 2024 — 7 years and 6 months' imprisonment
Charges
- Article 222 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Illicit trafficking in firearms or ammunition
- Article 222 part 7, Russian Criminal Code — Illegal sale of civilian smoothbore firearms, their components, cartridges, and gas weapons
- Article 222.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Illegal acquisition, transfer, storage, transportation, shipment or bearing of explosive substances or explosive devices
- Article 228 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Illegal handling of drugs on a large scale
- Article 205 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Preparation for a terrorist attack (by a group or with serious consequences)
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he participated in preparations for setting fire to a military recruitment office and for an attack on the administration and the Ministry of Internal Affairs department in Essentuki.
Latest event
May 4, 2026 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 7 years.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, October 8, 2024
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 7 years
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 7 years 6 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Criminal case opened
The case of the three
· Persecution begins
Sergey Dudchenko's case of possession of weapons, explosives and drugs
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Krai
Criminal case
The case of the three
- Case number
- 1-372/2023
Other defendants in the case
- Kirill Buzmakov — Deceased
- Nikolay Murnev — At large, 7 years
Thematic group: The case of Yessentuki residents of preparing a terrorist act; Anti-war case
Sergey Dudchenko's case of possession of weapons, explosives and drugs
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Write a letter
Facility: Pre-trial detention centre No. 5, Rostov Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
344064, Ростовская область, г. Ростов-на-Дону ул. Тонельная, 4, ФКУ СИЗО-5 ГУФСИН России по Ростовской области, Дудченко Сергей Алексеевич, 1987 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Essentuki. He was engaged in repairing motorbikes. He communicated in an eight-person collective chat room dedicated to cars and motorbikes, where he also discussed the war and criticised the Russian authorities. He openly wrote anti-war posts in Instagram and organised a motorbike rally with the Ukrainian flag. On 8 October 2022, he was detained. Later he was taken into custody as part of the case of preparation for a terrorist attack. According to the wife of another defendant, Nikolay Murnev, according to her information, Dudchenko was tortured and forced to testify against other defendants, he was also planted with weapons and drugs. Dudchenko was also charged with possession of weapons, explosives and drugs and sale of weapons. On 27 June 2024, he was sentenced to seven and a half years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Persecution episodes
- 2
Other people prosecuted under Article 205 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.