Anton Saikhiev
Anton Saikhiev, born 1987, Buryatia. Charges: Article 205.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism, or justification of terrorism). Sentenced on May 13, 2026; previously convicted under Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code; Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since December 19, 2024; place of detention: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Buryatia. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, November 7, 2025.
In brief
Buryatia · Military personnel · Terrorism cases
Sentence
2 years
Imprisonment (strict regime)
No information about an appeal ruling.
Other verdicts
- November 27, 2024 — 18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
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
- Article 205.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Public incitement to terrorism, or justification of terrorism
Latest event
May 13, 2026 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 2 years.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, November 7, 2025
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years
· Persecution begins
· 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
- Case number
- 1-120/2026
Anton Saikhiev's case
Thematic group: The case of eight servicemen of the Azov Brigade
Write a letter
Facility: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Buryatia
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
670000, г. Улан-Удэ, ул. Пристанская, 4, ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по Республике Бурятия, Сайхиев Антон Павлович, 1987 г.р.
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Full summary
A serviceman of the Azov battalion. On 20 May 2022, he was taken prisoner. A case was brought against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community and undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities. On 27 November 2024, Saykhiyev was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
- Persecution episodes
- 2
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.