Sergio Gerardo Ugalde Godinez
Sergio Gerardo Ugalde Godinez, born 1971, Moscow. Charges: Article 301 part 2, Russian Criminal Code; Article 360 part 2, Russian Criminal Code; “The case concerning the holding of Putin and Lvova-Belova criminally liable”. Sentenced on December 12, 2025. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Lawyers
Sentence
Imprisonment (in absentia)
Upheld March 23, 2026
Charges
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he participated in the collegial adoption of "knowingly illegal decisions on the arrest" of Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova in the states parties to the Rome Statute, "having prepared the relevant warrants".
Latest event
March 23, 2026 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Persecution begins
The case concerning the holding of Putin and Lvova-Belova criminally liable
· Preventive measure: arrest in absentia
Criminal case
The case concerning the holding of Putin and Lvova-Belova criminally liable
- Case number
- 2-0097/2025
Other defendants in the case
- Rosario Salvatore Aitala — Not in Russia
- Tomoko Akane — Not in Russia
- Alapini-Gansou Reine — Not in Russia
- Haykel Ben Mahfoudh — Not in Russia
- Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza — Not in Russia
- Karim Ahmad Khan — Not in Russia, 15 years
- Petr Hofmanski — Not in Russia
- Bertram Schmitt — Not in Russia
Details and sources
Full summary
A judge of the International Criminal Court. He was prosecuted for unlawful detention and attempted assault on an internationally protected person in connection with the prosecution of Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Commissioner for Children's Rights. On 12 December 2025, Godinez was sentenced in absentia to imprisonment.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Preventive measures
- arrest in absentia
Other people prosecuted under Article 301 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.