Aleksei Kozachek
Aleksei Kozachek, born 1960. Charges: Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in a terrorist community); “Aleksei Kozachek's case of participation in a terrorist community and possession of explosives”. Sentence (January 20, 2026): 8 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: imprisoned; place of detention: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Rostov Oblast.
In brief
Politicians · Terrorism cases
Sentence
8 years
imprisonment in a general regime colony
Upheld June 1, 2026
Charges
- Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in a terrorist community
Latest event
June 22, 2026 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 8 years
Criminal case
Aleksei Kozachek's case of participation in a terrorist community and possession of explosives
- Case number
- 1-880/2025
Thematic group: The case of eight servicemen of the Azov Brigade
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Facility: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Rostov Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
344022 г. Ростов-на-Дону, ул. Максима Горького, 219, ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по Ростовской области, Козачек Алексей Иванович, 1960 г.р.
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Full summary
Former member of Starobelsk City Council (Ukraine). A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community because of his alleged involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion and for possession of explosives. The prosecutor's office claimed that he joined Azov in May 2024, while in Starobelsk. However, Starobelsk has been under Russian occupation since March 2022 and Azov has been recognised as a terrorist organisation since August 2022. On 20 January 2026, Kozachek was sentenced to eight years in a general regime colony.
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- Citizenship
- Ukraine
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