Iurii Gura
Iurii Gura, born 1963, Occupied territory of Donetska oblast. Charges: Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in a terrorist community); “Iurii Gura's case”. Sentence (November 14, 2024): 5 years and 6 months’ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since January 10, 2025. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, June 5, 2025.
In brief
Occupied territory of Donetska oblast · Former military personnel · Terrorism cases
Sentence
5 years 6 months
5 years and 6 months’ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
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Charges
- Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in a terrorist community
Full wording of the charges
Iurii Gura's case
Latest event
June 5, 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, June 5, 2025
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years 6 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Iurii Gura's case
Thematic group: The case of seven former servicemen of the Aidar Battalion
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Full summary
A resident of the Donetsk region of Ukraine. He was prosecuted for participation in the activities of a terrorist community in connection with his involvement in the Aidar Battalion, where he served in 2014 and sustained an injury. On 14 November 2024, Gura was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime penal colony.
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