Evgeny Shogin
Evgeny Shogin, born 1973. Charges: Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in a terrorist community); “Evgeny Shogin's case”. Sentence (July 10, 2025): 16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, April 10, 2025.
In brief
Former military personnel · Terrorism cases
Sentence
16 years
imprisonment in a strict regime colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in a terrorist community
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation team, "in June 2014, he voluntarily joined the ranks of the Aidar assault battalion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which is considered a terrorist organization. Within the battalion, he served as a rifleman and directly participated in combat operations on the territory of the Luhansk People's Republic."
Latest event
July 10, 2025 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 16 years.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, April 10, 2025
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 16 years
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Evgeny Shogin's case
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Full summary
Resident of Alushta (Crimea). In December 2014, local propaganda media reported that he might have been involved in the murder of VGTRK journalist Igor Kornelyuk and sound recordist Anton Voloshin, a crime for which Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko was accused. This did not have any development. No later than August 21, 2024, Shogin was taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist community: according to the investigation, he served as a member of the Ukrainian battalion Aidar. On July 10, 2025, he was sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime colony.
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