Alexei Serediuk
Alexei Serediuk, born 1983, Moscow. Charges: Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); Article 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Incitement of hatred or enmity (with violence, using official position, or by a group)); “Dmitrii Korchinskii and Aleksei Serediuk's case on "fakes" about the the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and incitement to hatred”. Sentence (August 15, 2025): 10 years' imprisonment in absentia. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Military personnel · Extremism cases
Sentence
10 years
imprisonment in absentia
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code — Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries (based on political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred or enmity, or on grounds of hatred or enmity in relation to any social group)
- Article 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Incitement of hatred or enmity (with violence, using official position, or by a group)
Latest event
August 15, 2025 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 10 years.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 10 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Dmitrii Korchinskii and Aleksei Serediuk's case on "fakes" about the the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and incitement to hatred
- Case number
- 01-0227/2025
Other defendants in the case
- Dmitrii Korchinskii — Not in Russia, 5 years
Details and sources
Full summary
Serediuk is the commander of the Ukrainian volunteer battalion Bratstvo, which is part of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defence Ministry. A hate speech case was brought against him and the battalion's founder Dmitro Korchinskii; Serediuk was also accused of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. In February 2025, the case went to court. On 15 August 2025, Serediuk was sentenced in absentia to ten years in prison.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
Other people prosecuted under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.