Dmitrii Pastashchuk
Dmitrii Pastashchuk, born 1983, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 275.1, Russian Criminal Code (Confidential cooperation with foreigners); “Dmitrii Pastashchuk's case”. Sentence (June 4, 2024): 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 9, 2024; place of detention: Penal colony No. 10, Samara Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, November 6, 2025.
In brief
Sentence
6 years
imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
Upheld March 5, 2025
Charges
- Article 275.1, Russian Criminal Code — Confidential cooperation with foreigners
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he worked with Valerii Lizun to collect and pass data about military equipment movements to SBU.
Latest event
November 6, 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, November 6, 2025
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Persecution begins
Dmitrii Pastashchuk's case
Criminal case
Dmitrii Pastashchuk's case
- Case number
- 1-18/2024
Thematic group: The case of residents of Crimea of confidential cooperation with the SBU
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 10, Samara Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
446394, пос. Волжский, ул. Заводская д. 46, Самарская область, Красноярский район, ФКУ «ИК № 10 УФСИН России по Самарской области», Пастащук Дмитрий Ярославович, 1983 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Crimea. In June 2023, he was detained and sent to custody on 27 June. A case of cooperation on a confidential basis with foreigners was opened against him: according to the investigation, together with a fellow countryman, he collected and passed data on the movement of Russian military equipment to the SBU. On 4 June 2024, Pastashchuk was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.
Other people prosecuted under Article 275.1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.