Ivan Kovbasiuk
Ivan Kovbasiuk, born 1997. Charges: Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code (Receiving training for the commission of terrorist crimes); Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “Ivan Kovbasiuk' case”. Sentence (October 2, 2025): 20 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 in prison, the rest in a high-security colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since January 1, 2025; place of detention: Pre-trial detention centre No. 5, Volgograd Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, February 12, 2026.
In brief
Military personnel · Terrorism cases
Sentence
20 years
imprisonment, of which the first 3 in prison, the rest in a high-security colony
Upheld April 17, 2026
Charges
- Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code — Receiving training for the commission of terrorist crimes
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
Latest event
April 17, 2026 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, February 12, 2026
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 20 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Ivan Kovbasiuk' case
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
Ivan Kovbasiuk' case
- Case number
- 1-410/2025
Write a letter
Facility: Pre-trial detention centre No. 5, Volgograd Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
404621, Волгоградская область, г. Ленинск, ул. Промышленная, д. 12, ФКУ СИЗО-5 УФСИН России по Волгоградской области, Ковбасюк Иван Владимирович, 1997 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
AN Ukrainian serviceman. He was captured no later than 2 January 2025. A case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation was opened against him due to his involvement in the activities of the 48th separate assault battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. On 2 October 2025, Kovbasiuk was sentenced to 20 years in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
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