October 20, 2026, 11:52 AMRSSRU

Nazarii Gordeev

ImprisonedChecked October 18, 2026

Nazarii Gordeev, born 1997. Charges: Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in a terrorist community); “Nazarii Gordeev's case”. Sentence (December 1, 2023): 7 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since June 5, 2024; place of detention: Penal colony No. 7, Karelia. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, April 24, 2025.

In brief

Former military personnel · Terrorism cases

Sentence

7 years 6 months

imprisonment in a general regime colony

Verdict December 1, 2023

Upheld March 26, 2025

Charges

Full wording of the charges

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Latest event

April 24, 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. · Cassation ruling

    upheld

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

  4. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 7 years 6 months

  5. · Persecution begins

    Nazarii Gordeev's case

Criminal case

Nazarii Gordeev's case

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Facility: Penal colony No. 7, Karelia

Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)

186420, ул. Лейгубская, Карелия, г. Сегежа, ФКУ «ИК № 7 УФСИН России по Республике Карелия», Гордеев Назарий Викторович, 1997 г.р.

Address checked October 18, 2026

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

Gordeev is a Ukrainian army serviceman. He was taken as a prisoner of war no later than June 2022. Due to his involvement in the Azov battalion a case was opened against him on the charges of participating in the activities of a terrorist community. On 1 December 2023, Gordeev was sentenced to seven and a half years in a general regime colony.

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