Ivan Melnikovich
Ivan Melnikovich, born 1999. 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); “Ivan Melnikovich's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organization”. Sentenced on November 12, 2025. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since December 25, 2025.
In brief
Military personnel · Terrorism cases
Sentence
18 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 26, 2026 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 18 years
Criminal case
Ivan Melnikovich's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
- Case number
- 1-1026/2025
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Full summary
A Ukrainian serviceman. No later than August 2023, he was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime colony on charges of shelling civilians in Mariupol. In addition, a case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist organization due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov Brigade.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.