Hovsep Nazlukhanyan
Hovsep Nazlukhanyan, born 1986, Occupied territory of Luhanska oblast. Charges: Article 335 uk «lnr», Russian Criminal Code; “Ovsep Nazlukhanyan's case”. Sentence (August 16, 2021): 13 years' imprisonment (later determined to be served in a strict regime colony). Status: imprisoned; place of detention: Penal colony No. 8, Udmurtia. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, March 31, 2026.
In brief
Occupied territory of Luhanska oblast · Athletes
Sentence
13 years
imprisonment (later determined to be served in a strict regime colony)
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, in early 2017 he was on the territory of Ukraine, where he was recruited by officers of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). He further maintained contact with them via messengers WhatsApp and Viber, as well as through personal meetings when travelling to the territory of Ukraine and through telephone conversations. He collected information regarding the sons of the then head of the Lugansk city administration Manolis Pilavov and passed it to the SBU in 2017. In 2017, offered a former employee of the "General Prosecutor's Office of the 'LNR'" Manucharyan S. Yu. Y. to use the SBU programme "You are welcome home" to leave the territory of the "LNR". In the period from November 2018 to April 2019, assisted in organising the criminal prosecution in Ukraine of officials of "New Technologies" LLC, registered and carrying out construction works in the territory of the "LNR". In particular, he photographed and handed over the accounting documentation of New Technologies LLC, and during his travelling to the territory of Ukraine he gave witness testimony in the case.
Latest event
March 31, 2026 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, March 31, 2026
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 13 years
· Persecution begins
Ovsep Nazlukhanyan's case
Criminal case
Ovsep Nazlukhanyan's case
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Facility: Penal colony No. 8, Udmurtia
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
427011, Удмуртская Республика, Завьяловский район, пос. Хохряки, ФКУ «ИК № 8 УФСИН России по Удмуртской Республике», Назлуханян Овсеп Сайранович, 1986 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Lugansk (Ukraine). Candidate master of sports in boxing. On 30 September 2020, he was detained. For almost four months he was deprived of liberty without any procedural status. On 27 January 2021, he was declared a suspect in a case of high treason under the Criminal Code of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic. On 29 January, he was officially placed in custody. Nazlukhanyan was accused of collecting information on the sons of the then head of the Lugansk city administration Manolis Pilavov on the instructions of the Ukrainian special services, offering a former employee of the "General Prosecutor's Office of the 'LNR'" Manucharyan S. Yu. Yu. to use the SBU programme "You are welcome home" to leave the territory of the "LNR", and assisted in organising the criminal prosecution in Ukraine of officials of "New Technologies" LLC, registered and carrying out construction work in the territory of the "LNR". At the investigation stage, Nazlukhanyan admitted that he had given the SBU officers information about Pilavov's sons. At the trial, he stated that he had not passed any data. On 17 August 2021 Nazlukhanyan was sentenced to 13 years in prison. On 25 August 2023, the judge who presided over his case determined that Nazlukhanyan should serve his sentence in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine