Andrei Ostapchuk
Andrei Ostapchuk, 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); “Andrei Ostapchuk’s case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community”. Sentenced on September 30, 2025. Status: imprisoned. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, May 11, 2026.
In brief
Military personnel · Terrorism cases
Sentence
17 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 11, 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, May 11, 2026
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 17 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Andrei Ostapchuk’s case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community
- Case number
- 2-367/2025
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Details and sources
Full summary
He is a Ukrainian serviceman. Presumably, after being captured, he was kept in a specially established camp for prisoners of war on the territory of the colony in the village of Udarny in Mordovia. After their release, former prisoners of this camp told journalists about cruel systematic torture to which the Ukrainians were subjected. Ostapchuk was prosecuted for participation in the activities of a terrorist community for his involvement in the activities of the Azov Brigade. On 30 September 2025, he was sentenced, details are unknown.
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.