Andrei Kogut
Andrei Kogut, born 1976. Charges: Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in a terrorist community); “Andrei Kogut's case of the participation in the activities of a terrorist community”. Sentence (November 16, 2023): 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since December 7, 2023; place of detention: Penal colony No. 3, Ulyanovsk Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, April 19, 2026.
In brief
Military personnel · Terrorism cases
Sentence
5 years 6 months
imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in a terrorist community
Latest event
April 19, 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, April 19, 2026
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years 6 months
Criminal case
Andrei Kogut's case of the participation in the activities of a terrorist community
- Case number
- 1-157/2023
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 3, Ulyanovsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
433510 Ульяновская область, г. Димитровград, ул.Осипенко, д.22, ФКУ «ИК № 3 УФСИН Ульяновской области», Когут Андрей Михайлович, 1976 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Ukrainian serviceman. Captured in March 2022. A case launched against him for participating in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the activities of the "Azov" battalion. On 16 November 2023, Kogut was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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