Nikolai Salo
Charges: Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in a terrorist community); “Nikolai Salo's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist group”. Sentence (February 19, 2026): 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since April 1, 2026.
In brief
Sentence
5 years 6 months
imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in a terrorist community
Full wording of the charges
According to investigators, in August 2014, "while in the Starobilsk district, he voluntarily joined the Aidar Battalion" and "took part in combat operations against the civilian population and the Russian Armed Forces in the territory of the Lugansk People's Republic."
Latest event
June 22, 2026 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years 6 months
Criminal case
Nikolai Salo's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist group
- Case number
- 1-347/2026 (1-1275/2025;)
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Full summary
A resident of Luhansk Oblast. He was charged with participating in a terrorist group, allegedly due to involvement with the "Aidar" Battalion in 2014. In December 2025, the case was sent to court. On 19 February 2026, Salo was sentenced to five and a half years in a general-regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.