Ivan Ladchenko
Ivan Ladchenko, born 1998, Saint Petersburg. Charges: Article 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Assisting in terrorist activities); Article 205.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code (Assisting or financing terrorist activities); Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “The case of leaflets distribution of the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Freedom of Russia Legion in St. Petersburg and Novgorod Oblast”. Sentence (February 19, 2025): 10 years 8 months' imprisonment, with the first 3 years to be served in prison and the remainder of the term in a… Status: imprisoned; place of detention: Prison No. 2, Lipetsk Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, February 6, 2025.
In brief
Saint Petersburg · Saint Petersburg · Musicians · Terrorism cases
Sentence
10 years 8 months
imprisonment, with the first 3 years to be served in prison and the remainder of the term in a strict-regime penal colony
First instance, October 3, 2024: 11 years
Charges
- Article 205.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Assisting in terrorist activities
- Article 205.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code — Assisting or financing terrorist activities
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
According to investigators, he "colluded with representatives of two terrorist organisations operating in Ukraine," after which they received money from "handlers" online. Using these funds, he printed leaflets calling for people to join the organisations and, between spring 2022 and August 2023, posted them in public places in Saint Petersburg and a settlement in Novgorod Oblast.
Latest event
February 19, 2025 — appeal
The court changed the sentence to 10 years 8 months.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, February 6, 2025
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 10 years 8 months
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 11 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of leaflets distribution of the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Freedom of Russia Legion in St. Petersburg and Novgorod Oblast
Criminal case
The case of leaflets distribution of the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Freedom of Russia Legion in St. Petersburg and Novgorod Oblast
Other defendants in the case
- Fedor Konovalov — Imprisoned, 10 years 9 months
Write a letter
Facility: Prison No. 2, Lipetsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
399783, ул. Пролетарская д. 1Б, Липецкая область, г. Елец, ФКУ «Тюрьма № 2 УФСИН по Липецкой области», Ладченко Иван Владленович, 1998 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Saint Petersburg. In March 2024, he was added to the list of extremists and terrorists maintained by "Rosfinmonitoring". In August 2024, a case was sent to court charging him with publicly justifying terrorism, participating in a terrorist organisation, and encouraging others to join one, a case he faced alongside Fedor Konovalov. The charges related to leaflets posted in Saint Petersburg and Novgorod Oblast linked to the "Russian Volunteer Corps" and the "Freedom of Russia Legion".
On 3 October 2024, Ladchenko was sentenced to 11 years in a high-security penal colony, with the first three years to be served in prison. On 19 February 2025, his sentence was reduced on appeal to 10 years and 8 months.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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