Sergey Shchepkiv
Sergey Shchepkiv, born 1981. 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); “Sergey Shchepkiv's case”. Sentence (March 4, 2026): Considering the sentence of the previous case — 29 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned.
In brief
Military personnel · Terrorism cases
Sentence
29 years
Considering the sentence of the previous case — 29 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
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
Latest event
March 4, 2026 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 29 years.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 29 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Sergey Shchepkiv's case
- Case number
- 1-232/2026 (1-940/2025;)
Thematic group: The case of four servicemen of the Azov Brigade
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Full summary
Ukrainian serviceman. In the spring of 2022, he was captured in Mariupol. On 18 March 2024, a court in the occupied part of the Donetsk region of Ukraine sentenced him to 26 or 27 years in a high-security colony on charges of attempted murder, conducting prohibited methods of warfare and damage to property: according to the investigation, he and other Ukrainian servicemen shelled residential houses and civilian infrastructure on the outskirts of Mariupol. On 18 March 2024, Shchepkiv was sentenced to a long term in a strict regime colony. In addition, a case was brought against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion. In September 2025, the case went to court. On 4 March 2026, he was sentenced in this case, taking into account the previous sentence, to 29 years in a strict regime colony.
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- Citizenship
- Ukraine
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code
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