Aleksander Pedasiuk
Aleksander Pedasiuk, 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); “Aleksander Pedasiuk’s case”. Sentence (February 12, 2025): 18 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since February 12, 2025; place of detention: Penal colony No. 1, Sakha Republic. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, June 18, 2025.
In brief
Military personnel · Terrorism cases
Sentence
18 years
imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
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 reason for the case was that Pedasiuk took part in combat operations as part of the 12th operational brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine (military unit 3057), which includes, among others, the Azov special forces unit.
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 · 18 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Aleksander Pedasiuk’s case
Thematic group: Second case of four servicemen of the Azov Brigade
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 1, Sakha Republic
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
677004, Республика Саха (Якутия), г. Якутск, ул. Очиченко, 29/1 Б, ФКУ «ИК № 1 УФСИН по Республике Саха (Якутия)», Педасюк Александр Вячеславович, 1999 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Ukrainian serviceman. In May 2022, he was captured. He was prosecuted for participation in the activities of a terrorist community and undergoing training to carry out terrorist activities due to his involvement with the Azov Battalion. On 12 February 2025, Pedasiuk 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.