Sergei Gaikovich
Sergei Gaikovich, born 1999, Occupied territory of Donetska oblast. Charges: Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code (Receiving training for the commission of terrorist crimes); Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in a terrorist community); “Sergei Gaikovich's case of participating in a terrorist community”. Sentenced on March 5, 2026. Status: imprisoned.
In brief
Occupied territory of Donetska oblast · Military personnel · Terrorism cases
Sentence
Imprisonment (details unknown)
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code — Receiving training for the commission of terrorist crimes
- Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in a terrorist community
Latest event
May 26, 2026 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
Criminal case
Sergei Gaikovich's case of participating in a terrorist community
- Case number
- 1-608/2026
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Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
283086, Респ. Донецкая Народная, г. Донецк, ул. Кобозева, д. 4, ФКУ СИЗО-1 ГУФСИН России по Донецкой Народной Республике, Гайкович Сергей Тахсинович, 1999 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A Ukrainian serviceman. Captured on 18 May 2022 during the defence of Azovstal. A case was opened against him and nine other servicemen for attempted murder of two or more people, use of prohibited means and methods in an armed conflict, and intentional damage to other people's property. According to the version of the investigation, they shelled residential houses in Mariupol. On 20 March 2024, Gaikovich was sentenced to a term of at least 22 years in a strict regime colony. Later it became known about a new criminal case against Gaikovich and three other servicemen from the same group. They were accused of attempted murder, intentional damage to other people's property and cruel treatment of civilians with the use of prohibited methods of warfare. According to the investigation, they shelled residential houses in the village of Berdyanskoye in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, which is located on occupied territory. On 26 June 2025, Gaikovich was sentenced in this case to 31 years in a strict regime colony. On 8 October 2025, the appeal court changed the sentence, the details are unknown.
Gaikovich was also prosecuted for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion. On 5 March 2026, he was sentenced in this case, details are unknown.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
- Preventive measures
- pre-trial detention
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.