Sergei Piskarev
Sergei Piskarev, born 1996, Zabaykalsky Krai. Charges: Article 115 part 2 item b, Russian Criminal Code (Intentional infliction of minor harm to health, causing a short-term health disorder out of…); Article 167 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Intentional destruction of or damage to property); Article 280.3 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries…); “The case of the attack on a participant of the war in Ukraine”. Sentence (December 9, 2025): 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: deceased.
In brief
Zabaykalsky Krai · village of Nerchinsky Zavod · Unemployed
Sentence
6 years
imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
First instance, September 20, 2024: 7 years
Charges
- Article 115 part 2 item b, Russian Criminal Code — Intentional infliction of minor harm to health, causing a short-term health disorder out of political, ideological, racial, national, or religious hatred or enmity, or hatred or enmity towards any social group.
- Article 167 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Intentional destruction of or damage to property
- Article 280.3 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries resulting in serious consequences
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, on the night of August 5, 2023, in the Nerchinsko-Zavodsky district of the Zabaykalsky Krai, the accused, together with other accomplices, provoked a conflict with two 36-year-old men. Publicly expressing grievances about the men's participation in a special military operation, the perpetrators inflicted multiple blows to various parts of the body on one of the victims, ripped off state and public awards from his clothing, and damaged his car.
Latest event
December 9, 2025 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 7 years
· Persecution begins
The case of the attack on a participant of the war in Ukraine
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Zabaykalsky Krai
Criminal case
The case of the attack on a participant of the war in Ukraine
- Case number
- 1-9/2024 (1-72/2023;)
Other defendants in the case
- Vladislav Aleksandrov — Imprisoned, 4 years 10 months
- Evgeny Golyatin — At large
- Ivan Zyrianov — Imprisoned, 5 years
- Anastasiia Chertkova — At large, 1 year 10 months
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of the village of Nerchinskii Zavod (Zabaykalsky Krai). He was involved in a fight with a group of people, one of whom was a participant in the war in Ukraine, former PMC Wagner fighter Mikhail Taskin. A criminal case was opened against him not only for causing minor injury and damage to property, but also for discrediting the use of the Armed Forces. According to "Siberia.Realii", the beating of Taskin was not related to his participation in the war in Ukraine. According to the publication, in 2019, Taskin was found guilty of attempted premeditated murder of two or more people and sentenced to 9 years in a strict regime colony, from where he was recruited to the PMC Wagner. In a cafe, Taskin met one of the people he had tried to shoot, after which he himself provoked a fight. On 20 September 2024, Piskarev was sentenced to seven years in a strict regime colony, as he had a prior criminal record. On 3 February 2025, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by a year. According to the Politzek.org project, while in the colony, Piskarev signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense and went to war, where he died in the spring of 2025.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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