Sergey Skidan
Sergey Skidan, born 1979. Charges: Article 20.1 part 2, Russian Code of Administrative Offences (Disorderly conduct coupled with a refusal to comply with lawful demands of a representative of the…); Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code (Receiving training for the commission of terrorist crimes); Article 278, Russian Criminal Code (Violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order); “Sergey Skidan's case of serving in the Aidar batallion”. Sentence (March 5, 2024): 18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since April 5, 2024; place of detention: Penal colony No. 9, Karelia. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, September 17, 2024.
In brief
Military personnel · Terrorism cases
Sentence
18 years
imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 20.1 part 2, Russian Code of Administrative Offences — Disorderly conduct coupled with a refusal to comply with lawful demands of a representative of the authorities or any other person carrying out duties of maintaining public order or suppressing violation of public order Punishable by: an administrative fine of 1,000 to 2,500 RUB; Or an administrative arrest for up to 15 days
- Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code — Receiving training for the commission of terrorist crimes
- Article 278, Russian Criminal Code — Violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order
Latest event
January 28, 2025 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, September 17, 2024
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 18 years
Criminal case
Sergey Skidan's case of serving in the Aidar batallion
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 9, Karelia
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
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.
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Full 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.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
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