Sergey Ulukshonov
Sergey Ulukshonov, born 1992, Krasnoyarsk Krai. Charges: Article 208 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Attempt to participate in an illegal armed formation); “Case of Sergei Ulukshonov on participation in the activities of an illegal armed group”. Sentence (December 8, 2022): 4 years 8 months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since April 1, 2022; place of detention: Penal colony No. 10, Altai Krai. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, April 29, 2025.
In brief
Krasnoyarsk Krai · Krasnoyarsk · Artists
Sentence
4 years 8 months
deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 208 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Attempt to participate in an illegal armed formation.
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, after learning about the start of the war, he decided to participate in it on the side of Ukraine as a member of one of the national battalions. He was counselled by a resident of Ukraine. Ulukshonov left for Minsk and tried to illegally cross the border with Ukraine, where he was detained. An audio recording of a conversation and correspondence with the Security Service of Ukraine representative were found in his smartphone.
Latest event
April 29, 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, April 29, 2025
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 4 years 8 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Case of Sergei Ulukshonov on participation in the activities of an illegal armed group
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
Case of Sergei Ulukshonov on participation in the activities of an illegal armed group
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Facility: Penal colony No. 10, Altai Krai
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
658209, ул. Тракторная д. 26 А, Алтайский Край, г. Рубцовск, ФКУ «ИК № 10 УФСИН России по Алтайскому краю», Улукшонов Сергей Сергеевич, 1992 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Krasnoyarsk, artist. Participated in an anti-war action on 6 March 2022. Later he was summoned by the Centre for Counteraction to Extremism because of some post, the details are unknown. Ulukshonov was detained in the spring of 2022 by Belarusian border guards, accused of trying to cross the border with Ukraine. He was taken into custody and a case was opened against him for participation in an illegal armed formation - the "Kastus Kalinovsky" battalion or the "Freedom of Russia" legion. The investigation describes Ulukshonov as sharing Nazi views. On 13 December 2022, he was sentenced to four years and eight months in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 208 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.