Victoria Tkachenko
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Terrorism cases
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (open prison colony)
- Sentence
- 5 years
- Date of verdict
- 2023-12-11
- Region
- Rostov Oblast
- Facility
- ФКУ СИЗО-1 ГУФСИН России по Донецкой Народной Республике
- Address for letters
- 283086, Респ. Донецкая Народная, г. Донецк, ул. Кобозева, д. 4, ФКУ СИЗО-1 ГУФСИН России по Донецкой Народной Республике, Ткаченко Виктория Владимировна, 1994 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 9 February 2024
This is the assessment of the organisation named above, not ours. FACTUM reports it with attribution and does not make its own.
Case summary
Victoria Tkachenko, a resident of the Luhansk Region of Ukraine, served from 2017 to 2020 in the former Ukrainian battalion Aidar, which was later re-formed into the 24th Separate Assault Battalion as part of the 10th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. She was taken into custody in 2022, following the occupation of the region by Russian forces, and charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation.
On 21 December 2023, Victoria was sentenced to five years in a penal settlement. However, on 13 September 2024, she was returned to Ukraine as part of a prisoner exchange.
Others charged under Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
What we write about political persecution
Recent material from this section. This is section navigation — the articles below are not about this person.
- 2026-09-04Georgia court clears extradition of Fugal ally to Russia
- 2026-09-04Russia labels Novaya Gazeta a 'foreign agent,' adds over 100 affiliated names
- 2026-09-04Russian court sentences hostage-takers from Rostov detention center to up to 29 years
- 2026-09-04Two Yabloko Duma candidates detained in Moscow two days before vote
- 2026-09-03British man says Russian police beat him, jumped on his head at station in Yessentuki
Source: this person’s record in the OVD-Info political persecution database
Published under CC BY 3.0. The criteria for treating a person as politically persecuted belong to OVD-Info; FACTUM relays their assessment and makes none of its own.
OVD-Info has been designated an «extremist» organisation in Russia — by decision of the Russian authorities, like other independent human rights and media projects.