Igor Mozgo
Igor Mozgo, born 1987. Charges: Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in a terrorist community); “Igor Mozgo's case of involvement in a terrorist community”. Sentence (July 24, 2024): 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since December 2, 2024; place of detention: Penal colony No. 5, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, April 15, 2025.
In brief
Former military personnel · Terrorism cases
Sentence
5 years 6 months
imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony
Upheld December 2, 2024
Charges
- Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in a terrorist community
Full wording of the charges
Served in the Aidar battalion.
Latest event
April 15, 2025 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, April 15, 2025
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years 6 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Igor Mozgo's case of involvement in a terrorist community
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 5, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
603108, Россия, Нижегородская область, г. Нижний Новгород, ул. Ракетная, д. 2Д, ФКУ «ИК № 5 ГУФСИН России по Нижегородской области», Мозго Игорь Александрович, 1987 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of the Luhansk region of Ukraine. He was charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist community in connection with his service in the Aidar Battalion. On July 24, 2024, Mozgo was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.