Dmitrii Reivakh
Dmitrii Reivakh, born 2001. Charges: Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in a terrorist community); “Ukrainian servicemen's case of participation in the Donbass-Ukraine battalion”. Sentence (February 11, 2025): 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since July 9, 2025; place of detention: Penal colony No. 1, Orenburg Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, November 26, 2025.
In brief
Military personnel · Terrorism cases
Sentence
6 years
imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
Upheld July 9, 2025
Charges
- Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in a terrorist community
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, from February to March 2022, while with the 46th separate assault battalion "Donbass-Ukraine" of the AFU, participated in combat operations against civilians and servicemen of the DPR. "While in the temporarily occupied territory of the DPR in the village of Stepnoe, Volnovakha district and the town of Volnovakha, he was firing in the direction of the positions of the DPR People's Militia servicemen."
Latest event
November 26, 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 26, 2025
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Persecution begins
Ukrainian servicemen's case of participation in the Donbass-Ukraine battalion
Criminal case
Ukrainian servicemen's case of participation in the Donbass-Ukraine battalion
Other defendants in the case
- Ivan Bezlepkin — Imprisoned, 5 years 10 months
- Yurii Makarenko — Imprisoned, 5 years 8 months
- Gleb Petruk — Imprisoned, 6 years
- Vladimir Puzanov — Imprisoned, 5 years 8 months
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 1, Orenburg Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
460026, г. Оренбург, переулок Крымский, 119, ФКУ «ИК № 1 УФСИН России по Оренбургской области», Рейвах Дмитрий Николаевич, 2001 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A Ukrainian serviceman. Detained in March 2022 by the people's police of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic. Reivakh was taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist community. According to the investigation, he participated in combat operations against civilians and servicemen of the Donetsk People's Republic as a member of the Donbass-Ukraine battalion. On 11 February 2025, Reivakh was sentenced to six years in a general regime penal colony.
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.