Elena Ipatova
Elena Ipatova, born 1971. Charges: Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in a terrorist community); “Elena Ipatova's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community”. Sentence (August 11, 2025): 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since December 15, 2025; place of detention: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Occupied territory of Donetska oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, December 11, 2025.
In brief
Military personnel, Medical workers · Terrorism cases
Sentence
5 years
imprisonment in a general regime colony
Upheld December 15, 2025
Charges
- Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in a terrorist community
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, in January 2018, "being in the Dnepropetrovsk region, voluntarily joined the ranks of "Aidar" and "performed the duties of a senior medic at the combat positions of the battalion, located in the Borovskoye settlement of the city of Severodonetsk".
Latest event
December 15, 2025 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, December 11, 2025
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Imprisonment begins
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Elena Ipatova's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community
- Case number
- 1-516/2025
Write a letter
Facility: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Occupied territory of Donetska oblast
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, Ипатова Елена Анатольевна, 1971 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Ukrainian servicewoman, medic. She was prosecuted for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to her involvement in the activities of the Aidar battalion. In June 2025, the case went to court. On 11 August 2025, Ipatova was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
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