October 20, 2026, 11:52 AMRSSRU

Vladislav Emelianenko

ImprisonedChecked October 18, 2026

Vladislav Emelianenko, born 1992. Charges: Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in a terrorist community); “Vladislav Emelianenko's case”. Sentence (October 2, 2024): 5 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 24, 2024. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, March 21, 2025.

In brief

Military personnel · Terrorism cases

Sentence

5 years 6 months

deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony

Verdict October 2, 2024

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the investigators, he "signed a contract with the Azov Battalion on February 25, 2022," after which he served until surrendering as a prisoner on May 18, 2022.

Latest event

March 21, 2025 — recognised as a political prisoner

Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Recognised as a political prisoner

    Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners

  2. · Imprisonment begins

  3. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 5 years 6 months

  4. · Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

  5. · Persecution begins

    Vladislav Emelianenko's case

Criminal case

Vladislav Emelianenko's case

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Full summary

According to OVD-Info

Ukrainian serviceman, lived in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. On May 18, 2022, he was taken prisoner. He was accused of participating in a terrorist community, specifically in the "Azov" unit. On October 2, 2024, Emelyanenko was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime penal colony.

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