David Kasatkin
David Kasatkin, born 1996, Rostov Oblast. Charges: Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code (Receiving training for the commission of terrorist crimes); Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization); Article 278, Russian Criminal Code (Violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order); “The case of military service in the Azov regiment”. Sentence (March 26, 2025): 15 years' imprisonment in absentia. Status: not in Russia. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted on political grounds, January 12, 2024.
In brief
Rostov Oblast · Rostov-on-Don · Military personnel · Terrorism cases
Sentence
15 years
imprisonment in absentia
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code — Receiving training for the commission of terrorist crimes
- Article 205.5 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organizing the activities of a terrorist organization
- Article 278, Russian Criminal Code — Violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order
Latest event
March 26, 2025 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 15 years.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted on political grounds — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, January 12, 2024
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 15 years
· Recognised as persecuted on political grounds
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Persecution begins
The case of military service in the Azov regiment
Criminal case
The case of military service in the Azov regiment
Other defendants in the case
- Elena Avramova — Not in Russia, 13 years
- Nina Bondarenko — Not in Russia, 13 years
- Alena Bondarchuk — Not in Russia, 13 years
- Natalia Golfiner — Not in Russia, 14 years
- Artem Grebeshkov — Imprisoned, 20 years
- Arthur Gretzkii — Imprisoned, 22 years
- Anatolii Gritsyk — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Oleg Zharkov — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Iaroslav Zhdamarov — Imprisoned, 22 years
- Aleksandr Irkha — Imprisoned, 20 years
- Alexander Ishchenko — Deceased
- Dmitrii Labinskii — Not in Russia, 23 years
- Vladislava Maiboroda — Not in Russia, 13 years
- Alexander Merochenets — Imprisoned, 22 years
- Oleg Mizhgorodskyy — Imprisoned, 17 years
- Irina Mogitich — Not in Russia, 13 years
- Alexander Mukhin — Imprisoned, 22 years
- Lilia Pavrianidis — Not in Russia, 13 years
- Lilia Rudenko — Not in Russia, 13 years
- Alexey Smykov — Imprisoned, 23 years
- Marina Tekin — Not in Russia, 13 years
- Nikita Timonin — Imprisoned, 22 years
- Oleg Tyshkul — Imprisoned, 22 years
Details and sources
Full summary
From 2015 to 20 May 2022, he served in the Ukrainian Azov regiment as a sniper, machine gunner, grenade launcher and platoon commander. On 20 May 2022, taken prisoner of war before being exchanged as part of a prisoner of war exchange. Prosecuted in the case of 24 people associated with Azov, accused of forcible seizure and retention of power, organising the activities of a terrorist organisation and receiving training to carry out terrorist activities. Human rights activists note that since he is a prisoner of war, he should not have been held criminally liable for actually participating in military actions, and on top of that, consider the charges absurd. On 26 March 2025, he was sentenced in absentia to 15 years' imprisonment.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.