Valentin Vasileiko
Valentin Vasileiko, born 1996. Charges: Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code (Receiving training for the commission of terrorist crimes); Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in a terrorist community); “Valentin Vasileiko's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation”. Sentenced on October 10, 2025. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since February 3, 2026. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, May 26, 2026.
In brief
Military personnel · Terrorism cases
Sentence
Imprisonment (strict regime)
Upheld February 3, 2026
Charges
- Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code — Receiving training for the commission of terrorist crimes
- Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in a terrorist community
Latest event
May 26, 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, May 26, 2026
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
Criminal case
Valentin Vasileiko's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation
- Case number
- 1-820/2025
Thematic group: The case of Anatolii Bezkorovainyi and Valentin Vasileiko of military service in the Azov Brigade
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Full summary
Ukrainian soldier. He was captured, presumably in September 2022. He was prosecuted for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion. On October 10, 2025, Vasileiko was sentenced to imprisonment in a strict regime colony.
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- Citizenship
- Ukraine
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.