Dmitrii Kicha
Dmitrii Kicha, born 1986, Moscow. Charges: Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in a terrorist community). Sentenced on April 3, 2026; previously convicted under Article 275, Russian Criminal Code. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since November 22, 2022; place of detention: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Khakassia. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, April 28, 2026.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Former military personnel, Athletes · Terrorism cases
Sentence
21 years
Imprisonment (strict regime)
No information about an appeal ruling.
Other verdicts
- October 6, 2024 — 17 years' involuntary treatment in a strict regime penal colony, 1 years' restriction of liberty
Charges
- Article 275, Russian Criminal Code — Treason against the state
- Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in a terrorist community
Latest event
June 22, 2026 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, April 28, 2026
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 21 years
· Criminal case opened
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 17 years
· Persecution begins
Dmitrii Kicha's case of high treason
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
- Case number
- 1-884/2026
Dmitrii Kicha's case of high treason
Write a letter
Facility: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Khakassia
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
655017, Республика Хакасия, г. Абакан, кв. Молодежный, 11, ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по Республике Хакасия, Кича Дмитрий Александрович, 1986 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Moscow, a former employee of the Promtechnologia arms factory and a shooting instructor. In April 2023, he was detained and taken into custody on charges of high treason. On 7 October 2024, Kicha was sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime penal colony. A case was also initiated against him for participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Persecution episodes
- 2
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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