Mamuka Gatserelia
Mamuka Gatserelia, born 2001, Occupied territory of Donetska oblast. Charges: Article 317, Russian Criminal Code (Attempted violence against a law enforcement officer, military personnel, or their close relatives); Article 359 part 3, Russian Criminal Code; “Mamuka Gatserelia's case”. Sentence (February 19, 2024): life imprisonment. Status: imprisoned; place of detention: Penal colony No. 6, Mordovia. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, March 20, 2025.
In brief
Occupied territory of Donetska oblast · Military personnel
Sentence
life imprisonment
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 317, Russian Criminal Code — Attempted violence against a law enforcement officer, military personnel, or their close relatives.
- Article 359 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, "while in the appartment in a multi-storey building, he opened fire on four Russian servicemen, three of whom were killed, one of whom managed to survive".
Latest event
March 20, 2025 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, March 20, 2025
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Persecution begins
Mamuka Gatserelia's case
Criminal case
Mamuka Gatserelia's case
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Facility: Penal colony No. 6, Mordovia
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
431030, Республика Мордовия, Торбеевский район, п. Торбеево, ул. Весенняя, д. 50, ФКУ «ИК № 6 УФСИН России по Республике Мордовия» (Торбеевский централ), Гацерелия Мамука Акакиевич, 2001 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Served in the Georgian Defence Forces, then in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He was captured on 20 May 2022 during the battle for Mariupol. A case of mercenarism and attempt on the life of servicemen was opened against him - according to the investigation, he opened fire on Russian servicemen while in a flat of a multi-storey building. On 20 February 2024, the Russian-controlled Supreme Court of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic sentenced Gatsereliy to life imprisonment.
Other people prosecuted under Article 317, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.