Sergei Kalinchenko
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.3, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 278, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Terrorism cases
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (strict regime)
- Sentence
- 21 years
- Date of verdict
- 2025-10-17
- Facility
- ФКУ СИЗО-5 ГУФСИН России по Ростовской области
- Address for letters
- 344064, Ростовская область, г. Ростов-на-Дону ул. Тонельная, 4, ФКУ СИЗО-5 ГУФСИН России по Ростовской области, Калинченко Сергей Александрович, 1994 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 13 September 2024
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Case summary
Commander of the 2nd platoon of the assault company of the Ukrainian Aidar battalion. He was detained by unknown persons in April 2022, was in the occupied territory of Donetsk region of Ukraine. He was charged under a number of articles of the Criminal Code of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic: the investigation considered him one of the organisers of the activities of a terrorist organisation. After the Russian Federation declared the DNR part of its territory, the charges were reclassified in accordance with the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation: Kalinchenko was accused of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation, forcible seizure of power and receiving training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities. Human rights activists note that he is a prisoner of war, so he should not have been held criminally liable for participation in hostilities, and in addition, consider the charges absurd. On 17 October 2025 Kalinchenko was sentenced to 21 years in a strict regime penal colony.
Others charged under Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code
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