Andrii Gaiduchenko
Andrii Gaiduchenko, born 1987. Charges: Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in a terrorist community); “The Andrei Gaiduchenko's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community”. Sentence (September 15, 2025): 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 9, 2025. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, February 18, 2026.
In brief
Sentence
5 years 6 months
imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in a terrorist community
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigators' version, he took part in hostilities in Donbass against the "People's Militia" and militiamen - his actions "were aimed at suppressing the population and forcing them to give up self-determination", participated in shelling of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of the Lugansk People's Republic, including after the start of the "special military operation", in particular, on the territory of Popasnaia.
Latest event
February 18, 2026 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, February 18, 2026
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years 6 months
· Persecution begins
The Andrei Gaiduchenko's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community
Criminal case
The Andrei Gaiduchenko's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community
- Case number
- 1-429/2025
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Full summary
Resident of the Lugansk Region of Ukraine. He was detained no later than spring 2025 and taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to the fact that in 2019 he participated in the activities of the Aidar battalion. On 15 September 2025, Gaiduchenko was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
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