Andrei Koshelenko
Andrei Koshelenko, born 1988. 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); “Andrei Koshelenko's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community”. Sentence (August 15, 2024): 18 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since April 28, 2025; place of detention: Penal colony No. 6, Omsk Oblast.
In brief
Military personnel · Terrorism cases
Sentence
18 years
of imprisonment in a strict regime colony
Upheld April 28, 2025
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
Full wording of the charges
The reason for prosecution was serving in a section of the operational platoon of a separate special purpose detachment of the Azov regiment, of which Koshelenko was the commander.
Latest event
April 28, 2025 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 18 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Andrei Koshelenko's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community
Criminal case
Andrei Koshelenko's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community
- Case number
- 1-351/2024
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 6, Omsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
644009, Омская область, г.Омск, ул. 10 лет Октября, д.176, ФКУ «ИК № 6 УФСИН России по Омской области», Кошеленко Андрей Юрьевич, 1988 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A Ukrainian serviceman, taken prisoner. He has been prosecuted for participating in the activities of a terrorist community and undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities for having been involved with the Azov battalion. On 15 August 2024, Koshelenko was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code
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