Arkadii Liubchenko
Arkadii Liubchenko, born 1993, Occupied territory of Luhanska oblast. Charges: Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in a terrorist community); “Arkadii Liubchenko's case”. Sentence (June 11, 2025): 13 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 years in prison, the rest in a strict regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since December 1, 2024; place of detention: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Chechnya. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, August 18, 2025.
In brief
Occupied territory of Luhanska oblast · Military personnel · Terrorism cases
Sentence
13 years
imprisonment, of which the first 3 years in prison, the rest in a strict regime penal colony
Upheld November 28, 2025
Charges
- Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in a terrorist community
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, "in 2024, as part of a battalion of the terrorist community "Aidar" in the points of temporary deployment of the battalion in the town of Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, as well as in combat positions near the towns of Stupochki and Ivanovskoie, he took part in combat operations against servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, by whom he was subsequently captured".
Latest event
November 28, 2025 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, August 18, 2025
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 13 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Arkadii Liubchenko's case
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
Arkadii Liubchenko's case
- Case number
- 1-330/2025
Thematic group: The case of two Ukrainian servicemen of involvement in the activites of the Aidar Battalion
Write a letter
Facility: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Chechnya
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
364037, г. Грозный, Ленинский р-он, ул. Кунта-Хаджи Кишиева, 2, ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по Чеченской Республике, Любченко Аркадий Иванович, 1993 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Ukrainian serviceman, was captured on 7 November 2024. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Aidar battalion. In December 2024, a court in Lugansk took him into custody. On 11 June 2025, Liubchenko was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
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