October 20, 2026, 10:53 AMRSSRU

Ivan Ganzii

ImprisonedChecked October 18, 2026

Ivan Ganzii, born 1946. Charges: Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in a terrorist community); “Ivan Ganzii's case”. Sentenced on February 6, 2025. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since February 22, 2025. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, April 10, 2025.

In brief

Pensioners · Terrorism cases

Sentence

Imprisonment (details unknown)

Verdict February 6, 2025

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the investigation, in May 2014, he voluntarily joined the Aidar Battalion and performed the duties of a gunner in it, as well as "took direct part in combat operations on the territory of the LNR".

Latest event

April 10, 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

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

Criminal case

Ivan Ganzii's case

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Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

A resident of the Lugansk region of Ukraine. No later than November 2024, he was taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. Pro-Russian Telegram channels distributed videos in which Ganzii said that in 2014 he was serving in the Aidar Battalion. On 6 February 2025, he was sentenced, the details are unknown.

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