Konstantin Tereshchenko
Konstantin Tereshchenko is listed as imprisoned, but other details in the same record do not agree:
- the 4 years 3 months term (verdict of December 1, 2022), counted from June 18, 2022 without credit for time served, ended on September 17, 2026.
Konstantin Tereshchenko, born 1976, Occupied territory of Khersonska oblast. Charges: Article 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in armed groups against the interests of the Russian Federation including in the…); “Konstantin Tereshchenko's case of participation in an illegal armed formation”. Sentence (December 1, 2022): 4 years 3 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, March 3, 2026.
In brief
Sentence
4 years 3 months
imprisonment in a strict regime colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in armed groups against the interests of the Russian Federation including in the territory of a foreign state
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, guided by a motive of "political enmity towards the Russian Federation and the fact of the Republic of Crimea and the city of federal significance Sevastopol becoming part of it", the individual voluntarily arrived at the location of the Noman Chelebidzhikhan Battalion near the village of Chongar in the Kherson region and joined it. "Being a member of the said illegal armed formation (IAF), from January 2016 until mid-May 2016, he took an active part in its activities, performing functional duties to support the formation's operations, including the guarding of its facilities, the inspection of vehicles at checkpoints on the state border between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, and engaging in auxiliary farming." On 19 June 2022, he independently and voluntarily arrived in the territory of the Russian Federation from Ukraine, and "while on the territory of the Republic of Crimea, having a real opportunity to voluntarily terminate his participation in the aforementioned IAF, he deliberately failed to notify the law enforcement authorities of the Russian Federation, thereby continuing his criminal activity within the formation until the specified time".
Latest event
March 3, 2026 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, March 3, 2026
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 4 years 3 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Konstantin Tereshchenko's case of participation in an illegal armed formation
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
Konstantin Tereshchenko's case of participation in an illegal armed formation
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of the Kherson region (Ukraine) and an agricultural labourer, he was detained on 18 June 2022. He was initially held in the basement of Vocational School No. 17 in Henichesk before being remanded in custody in Crimea. A criminal case was initiated against him on charges of participation in an illegal armed formation due to his alleged involvement with the Noman Chelebidzhikhan Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion, an organisation whose participation in any combat operations has not been proven. During the trial, Tereshchenko stated that he had not been a member of the Chelebidzhikhan Battalion, but rather of a formation called "Asker"; he had been there for approximately one and a half months, had not signed an official contract, and had performed only manual labour, leaving the formation because he had not been paid his promised salary. On 2 December 2022, Tereshchenko was sentenced to four years and three months in a strict-regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
Other people prosecuted under Article 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.