Aleksandr Maksymchuk
Aleksandr Maksymchuk, born 1994. 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); “Oleksandr Maksymchuk's case”. Sentence (December 5, 2024): 20 years' imprisonment in a maximum security prison. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since December 23, 2025; place of detention: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Saratov Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, November 7, 2025.
In brief
Military personnel · Terrorism cases
Sentence
20 years
20 years' imprisonment in a maximum security prison
Upheld December 23, 2025
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
December 23, 2025 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, November 7, 2025
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”
Criminal case
Oleksandr Maksymchuk's case
Write a letter
Facility: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Saratov Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
410012 г. Саратов ул. Кутякова д.105, ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по Саратовской области, Максимчук Александр Николаевич, 1994 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Ukrainian serviceman. He was captured in May 2022. He was prosecuted for participation in the activities of a terrorist community and undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion. On 4 December 2024, Maksymchuk was sentenced to 20 years in a strict regime colony.
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- Citizenship
- Ukraine
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