Mykola Kuzmenko
Mykola Kuzmenko, born 1997. 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); “Nikolay Kuzmenko's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community”. Sentenced on May 5, 2026. Status: imprisoned.
In brief
Military personnel · Terrorism cases
Sentence
27 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
May 5, 2026 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 27 years.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 27 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Nikolay Kuzmenko'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 and eight other servicemen for the murder of two persons on the grounds of hatred and enmity against a social group, as well as the use of prohibited means and methods in an armed conflict: according to the investigation, they shelled residential houses in the occupied territory of the Donetsk region of Ukraine. On 20 December 2023, Kuzmenko was sentenced in this case to 25 years in a strict regime colony. (We do not anilise this case). A case was also brought against him 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.
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- Citizenship
- Ukraine
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