Artem Onoprienko
Artem Onoprienko, born 1991. 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); “Artem Onoprienko's case of participating in the activities of a terrorist community”. Sentence (March 11, 2026): Sentence unknown. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since April 14, 2026; place of detention: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Rostov Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, March 9, 2026.
In brief
Military personnel · Terrorism cases
Sentence
18 years
Sentence unknown
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
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, "while in the village of Markivka, he voluntarily joined the ranks of the Aidar assault battalion of the AFU, which is a terrorist community". In addition, "in order to carry out terrorist activities, he underwent training at the point of temporary deployment of this terrorist community. He took part in hostilities against the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of the Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics, performing the duties of a driver of a mortar battery".
Latest event
April 14, 2026 — imprisonment begins
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, March 9, 2026
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 18 years
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Artem Onoprienko's case of participating in the activities of a terrorist community
- Case number
- 1-348/2026 (1-1276/2025;)
Write a letter
Facility: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Rostov Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
344022 г. Ростов-на-Дону, ул. Максима Горького, 219, ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по Ростовской области, Оноприенко Артем Иванович, 1991 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A Ukrainian serviceman. Captured not earlier than March 2024. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the activities of the Aidar Battalion. On 11 March 2026, Onoprienko was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime colony.
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.