Artem Sinelnik
Artem Sinelnik, born 1993, Occupied territory of Donetska oblast. 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); “Artem Sinelnik's case of involvement in the activities of the "Azov" battalion”. Sentenced on November 6, 2025. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since December 25, 2025; place of detention: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Occupied territory of Donetska oblast.
In brief
Occupied territory of Donetska oblast · Military personnel · Terrorism cases
Sentence
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
December 25, 2025 — imprisonment begins
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Artem Sinelnik's case of involvement in the activities of the "Azov" battalion
- Case number
- 1-786/2025
Write a letter
Facility: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Occupied territory of Donetska oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
283086, Респ. Донецкая Народная, г. Донецк, ул. Кобозева, д. 4, ФКУ СИЗО-1 ГУФСИН России по Донецкой Народной Республике, Синельник Артем Александрович, 1993 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Ukrainian serviceman. He was captured and sentenced to 27 years in a strict regime colony by the "Supreme Court of the DNR" on charges of involvement in shooting at the airport and civilian infrastructure in Mariupol. The Russian authorities filed a case against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the activities of the "Azov" battalion. In August 2025, the case was brought before a Russian court. On 6 November 2025, Sinelnik was sentenced in the case, the details are unknown.
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.