Sergey Skidan
- Criminal Code
- Article 20.1 part 2, Russian Code of Administrative OffencesArticle 205.3, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 278, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Terrorism cases
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (strict regime)
- Sentence
- 18 years
- Date of verdict
- 2024-03-05
- Facility
- ФКУ «ИК № 9 УФСИН России по Республике Карелия»
- Address for letters
- 185012, Республика Карелия, г. Петрозаводск, р-н Птицефабрика, ул. Южная Промзона, 1 стр. 3, ФКУ «ИК № 9 УФСИН России по Республике Карелия», Скидан Сергей Владимирович, 1979 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 17 September 2024
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Case summary
A resident of Krivoy Rog. Since May of 2020, he served in the Aidar battalion. On 18th of July, 2020, he was detained by the people's militia of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic. Then it was reported that he announced his intention to switch and fight for the side of the DNR. What happened to him immediately afterwards is unknown, but in April of 2023, a criminal case for forcible seizure of power, participation in the activities of a terrorist organization and undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities was brought to the military court in Rostov region against him. On the 5th of March, 2024, Skidan was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime penal colony.
Others charged under Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code
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