Ilya Ukrainsky
Ilya Ukrainsky, born 2001, Stavropol Krai. Charges: Article 275.1 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code; “Ilya Ukrainsky's case of confidential cooperation with a foreign state”. Sentence (August 23, 2024): 6 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since January 29, 2023; place of detention: Penal colony No. 2, Irkutsk Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, March 10, 2025.
In brief
Stavropol Krai · Mineralnye Vody · Students
Sentence
6 years
imprisonment in a strict regime colony.
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, no later than December 2022, Ilya Ukrainsky, "being in the Irkutsk region and being an opponent of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine, having the intention to go to the territory of Ukraine and join an armed formation that takes part in the forces of Ukraine directly opposing the Russian Federation, <...> found the channel "All-People's Movement Legion 'Freedom of Russia'" and the bot "Legionrf_bot" in the Telegram messenger, where he received instructions on how to join this armed formation, a candidate's questionnaire and a list of documents to be submitted". He corresponded with representatives of the Legion using the Proton email service, sent confirmation of his intention to join the Legion to legionrf@protonmail.com, and then planned to travel to Moldova to meet with a Legion representative there, hand him the application form and accompany him to the territory of Ukraine.
Latest event
March 10, 2025 — 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 10, 2025
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
· Persecution begins
Ilya Ukrainsky's case of confidential cooperation with a foreign state
Criminal case
Ilya Ukrainsky's case of confidential cooperation with a foreign state
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 2, Irkutsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
665809, Иркутская область, г. Ангарск, 1-й промышленный массив, квартал 47 д. 6, ФКУ «ИК № 2 ГУФСИН России по Иркутской области», Украинский Илья Викторович, 2001 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Born in Irkutsk. He was detained on 28 January 2023 in Mineralnye Vody, where he flew from Yerevan. Before that, he had travelled from Yerevan to Chisinau, but was not allowed to go there. Initially, it was reported that during the detention Ukrainski was found "six notes of one hundred euros", which, according to the version of the law enforcers, he wanted to spend "for the uniforms of the AFU". The young man was detained under the administrative article on disobedience to the FSB officers (part 4 of article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) and arrested for 15 days. At the end of the term of the first arrest he was again arrested for 15 days under the administrative article on petty hooliganism (Art. 20.1 of the CAO). On 25 May 2023, Ukrainski was detained on a criminal case of preparation for high treason. It is unknown where he was officially from the end of February, when the second administrative arrest expired, to the end of May. The young man was taken into custody. According to the investigation, he was going to join the "Freedom of Russia" legion. Human rights activists believe that there is no evidence of these intentions in the case. On 23 August 2024 Ukrainsky was sentenced to six years in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia