Dmitrii Kistion
Dmitrii Kistion, born 1978. Charges: Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in a terrorist community); “Dmitrii Kistion's case of participating in the activities of a terrorist community”. Sentence (August 1, 2024): 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since August 29, 2024. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, March 9, 2026.
In brief
Military personnel · Terrorism cases
Sentence
5 years 6 months
imprisonment in a strict regime colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in a terrorist community
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, "being an adherent of neo-Nazi ideology, in 2015 he voluntarily took part in hostilities on the territory of the LPR and DPR against civilians".
Latest event
March 9, 2026 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, March 9, 2026
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years 6 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Dmitrii Kistion's case of participating in the activities of a terrorist community
- Case number
- 1-273/2024
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Full summary
A Ukrainian serviceman. He was taken prisoner on 19 January 2023. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to the fact that he served in the Aidar Battalion in 2015. On 24 September 2024, Kistion was sentenced to five and a half years in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.