October 20, 2026, 1:41 PMRSSRU

Ruslan Shevchenko

ImprisonedChecked October 18, 2026

Ruslan Shevchenko, born 2000. 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); “The case of Ruslan Shevchenko on participation in the activities of a terrorist community”. Sentenced on February 3, 2026. Status: imprisoned.

In brief

Military personnel · Terrorism cases

Sentence

Imprisonment (details unknown)

Verdict February 3, 2026

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Latest event

February 3, 2026 — first-instance verdict

The court delivered a guilty verdict.

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict

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

Criminal case

The case of Ruslan Shevchenko on participation in the activities of a terrorist community

Case number
2-203/2026

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Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

Ukrainian serviceman. Presumably, after capture he was kept in a specially created camp for prisoners of war on the territory of the colony in the village of Udarny in Mordovia. Former prisoners of this camp after their release told journalists about the cruel systematic torture to which the Ukrainians were subjected. A case was opened against Shevchenko for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion. On 3 February 2026, he was sentenced, the details are unknown.

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Citizenship
Ukraine
Preventive measures
pre-trial detention

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