October 20, 2026, 1:41 PMRSSRU

Yan Samarsky

ImprisonedChecked October 18, 2026

Yan Samarsky, 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); “Yan Samarsky's case”. Sentence (November 13, 2024): 24 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since December 5, 2024; place of detention: Penal colony No. 2, Irkutsk Oblast.

In brief

Military personnel · Terrorism cases

Sentence

24 years

imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony

Verdict November 13, 2024

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Latest event

November 13, 2024 — first-instance verdict

The court delivered a guilty verdict: 24 years.

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 24 years

  2. · Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

Criminal case

Yan Samarsky's case

Case number
1-496/2024

There are no other defendants in this case in the database.

Thematic group: The case of eight servicemen of the Azov Brigade

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Facility: Penal colony No. 2, Irkutsk Oblast

Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)

665809, Иркутская область, г. Ангарск, 1-й промышленный массив, квартал 47 д. 6, ФКУ «ИК № 2 ГУФСИН России по Иркутской области», Самарский Ян Сергеевич, 1999 г.р.

Address checked October 18, 2026

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

A serviceman of the Azov battalion. He was prosecuted for participation in the activities of a terrorist community and undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities. On 13 November 2024, Samarskyy was sentenced to 24 years in a strict regime colony.

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Ukraine

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