Dmitrii Korchinskii
Dmitrii Korchinskii, born 1964, Moscow. Charges: Article 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Incitement of hatred or enmity (with violence, using official position, or by a group)); “Dmitrii Korchinskii and Aleksei Serediuk's case on "fakes" about the the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and incitement to hatred”. Sentence (August 15, 2025): 5 years' imprisonment in absentia. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Politicians · Extremism cases
Sentence
5 years
imprisonment in absentia
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Incitement of hatred or enmity (with violence, using official position, or by a group)
Latest event
August 15, 2025 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 5 years.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Dmitrii Korchinskii and Aleksei Serediuk's case on "fakes" about the the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and incitement to hatred
- Case number
- 01-0227/2025
Other defendants in the case
- Alexei Serediuk — Not in Russia, 10 years
Details and sources
Full summary
Ukrainian politician, one of the founders of the right-wing radical party UNA-UNSO and the "Brotherhood" party. Courts in the Russian Federation recognized both parties as extremist. In 2014, Korchynskii was prosecuted for calls to war terrorism: according to the investigation, he in particular called for waging war on the territory of Crimea and "other regions of the Russian Federation". In November 2015, he was detained in Italy at the request of the Russian Federation to Interpol, but was released the same day. On 24 February 2022, Korchinskii created the "Brotherhood" battalion as a unit within the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence. A case of incitement to hatred was filed against him and the battalion commander Aleksei Serediuk. In February 2025, the case went to court. On 15 August 2025, Korchynskii was sentenced in absentia to 5 years of imprisonment.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
Other people prosecuted under Article 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.