Ruslan Kolodyazhny
Ruslan Kolodyazhny, born 1995. Charges: Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code (Receiving training for the commission of terrorist crimes); Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in a terrorist community); “Ruslan Kolodyazhnyy's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community”. Sentence: 29 years. Status: imprisoned.
In brief
Military personnel · Terrorism cases
Sentence
29 years
Imprisonment (strict regime)
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code — Receiving training for the commission of terrorist crimes
- Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in a terrorist community
Latest event
March 3, 2026 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Ruslan Kolodyazhnyy's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community
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Full summary
Ukrainian serviceman. Captured no later than April 2022. A case was brought against him for cruel treatment of civilians and murder of two or more people committed by an organised group on the grounds of political and ideological hatred: according to the investigation, he, together with another serviceman, killed two civilians in Mariupol (Donetsk region of Ukraine). On 15 September 2023, Kolodyazhny was sentenced in this case to 26 years in a strict regime colony. (We do not analyse this case.) He was also prosecuted for participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion. In March 2026, the case went to court. No later than April 2026, taking into account the previous sentence, Kolodyazhny was sentenced to 29 years in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
- Preventive measures
- pre-trial detention
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