Aleksandr Sheiko
Aleksandr Sheiko, born 1992. 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); “Alexandr Sheiko’s case on participation in the activities of a terrorist community and undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities”. Sentence (December 12, 2024): 18 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since January 10, 2025; place of detention: Penal colony No. 17, Murmansk Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, June 25, 2025.
In brief
Former military personnel · Terrorism cases
Sentence
18 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
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, in July 2019, he voluntarily joined the Aidar battalion, then underwent training at a training centre in the Lviv Region on "close combat tactics and weapons handling," and later "took part in combat operations in the territory of the DPR, serving as a mortarman."
Latest event
June 25, 2025 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, June 25, 2025
Timeline
· 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
Alexandr Sheiko’s case on participation in the activities of a terrorist community and undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities
- Case number
- 1-477/2024
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 17, Murmansk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
183035, Россия, г. Мурманск, ул. Угольная база, 9, ФКУ «ИК № 17 УФСИН России по Мурманской области», Шейко Александр Владимирович, 1992 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Former Ukrainian serviceman. He was prosecuted for participation in the activities of a terrorist community and for undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities, in connection with his involvement in the activities of the Aidar battalion. On 12 December 2024, Sheiko was sentenced to 18 years in a strict-regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.