Viktor Pavlenko
Viktor Pavlenko, born 1985. 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); “Viktor Pavlenko's case”. Sentenced on December 18, 2024. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since January 10, 2025; place of detention: Penal colony No. 12, Vologda Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, June 18, 2025.
In brief
Military personnel · Terrorism cases
Sentence
Imprisonment (details 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
The case was brought because Pavlenko took part in combat operations as a member of the 12th Operational Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine (military unit 3057), which includes, among other units, the Azov special forces.
Latest event
June 18, 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, June 18, 2025
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Viktor Pavlenko's case
- Case number
- 1-556/2024
Thematic group: Second case of four servicemen of the Azov Brigade
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 12, Vologda Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
162562, Вологодская область, поселок Шексна, ул. Шоссейная, 42, ФКУ «ИК № 12 УФСИН России по Вологодской области», Павленко Виктор Владимирович, 1985 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A Ukrainian serviceman. In March 2022, he was captured in Mariupol. Criminal proceedings were brought against him on charges of participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation and undergoing training for terrorist purposes, in connection with his service in the Azov Battalion. On 18 December 2024, Pavlenko was sentenced to a term of imprisonment; further details are not known.
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.