Marina Mischenko
Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); Article 278, Russian Criminal Code (Violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order); “The case of Marina Mischenko and Lilia Prutian”. Status: not in Russia. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, September 13, 2024.
In brief
Military personnel, Medical workers · Terrorism cases
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
- Article 278, Russian Criminal Code — Violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, Marina Mischenko joined the 24th separate assault battalion "Aidar", where she performed various roles, including conducting surveillance on servicemen of the Donetsk People's Republic (DNR) and handing information to her command. She also participated in combat operations in the Telmanovsky district of the DNR and in Krymskoye in the Luhansk People's Republic. During her service, she used assault rifles and anti-tank grenade launchers and engaged in activities in the Republic's territories occupied by Ukraine, which were aimed at forcibly seizure of power and altering the constitutional order of the DNR.
Latest event
September 13, 2024 — persecution ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, September 13, 2024
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The case of Marina Mischenko and Lilia Prutian
Criminal case
The case of Marina Mischenko and Lilia Prutian
Other defendants in the case
- Liliia Prutian — Not in Russia
Thematic group: The case of military service in the Aidar Battalion
Details and sources
Full summary
Served in the Ukrainian "Aidar" battalion, a medic. Captured in the spring of 2022, was in the occupied territory of Donetsk region of Ukraine. Was charged under a number of articles of the Criminal Code of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DNR). After the Russian Federation proclaimed the DNR part of its territory, the charges were reclassified in accordance with the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation: Mishchenko was accused of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation and violent seizure of power. Human rights activists noted that she was a prisoner of war, so she should not have been held criminally liable for actually participating in hostilities, and in addition, they consider the charges absurd.
On 12 September 2024, the court decided to separate the case of Mishchenko and another woman accused in the same case, Lilia Prutyan, into separate proceedings, as they were also prosecuted for the use of prohibited methods of warfare.
The next day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Mishchenko and Prutyan had been returned to Ukraine as part of the prisoners of war exchange.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.