Sergei Ivashchenko
Sergei Ivashchenko, born 1968, Occupied territory of Luhanska oblast. Charges: Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in a terrorist community); “Sergei Ivashchenko's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation”. Sentence (June 11, 2024): 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since July 1, 2023; place of detention: Penal colony No. 4, Tuva. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, October 21, 2025.
In brief
Sentence
6 years
imprisonment in a general regime colony
Upheld December 23, 2024
Charges
- Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in a terrorist community
Full wording of the charges
The reason for initiating the case was his service in the Aidar battalion in 2014.
Latest event
October 21, 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, October 21, 2025
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region
· Persecution begins
Sergei Ivashchenko's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation
Criminal case
Sergei Ivashchenko's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation
- Case number
- 1-53/2024 (1-224/2023;)
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 4, Tuva
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
668210, Республика Тыва, Улуг-Хемский район, г. Шагонар, ул. Энергетиков, д. 1., ФКУ «ИК № 4 УФСИН России по Республике Тыва», Иващенко Сергей Юрьевич, 1968 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
He served as a stoker-steamfitter in a military unit of the Aidar Battalion. He lived in the Luhansk region of Ukraine. On August 31, 2022, men in military uniforms with National Guard insignia burst into his home, searched it, and detained him. Only three months later, his wife received a call from someone claiming to be an investigator, who said Ivashchenko was accused of participating in a terrorist organization due to his service in the battalion. On June 11, 2024, Ivashchenko was sentenced to six years in a general regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
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