October 20, 2026, 9:03 AMRSSRU

Alexander Vdovichenko

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Alexander Vdovichenko, born 1980, Sakhalin Oblast. Charges: Article 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries); “Alexander Vdovichenko's second case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces”, opened on January 1, 2023. Sentence (March 11, 2024): Penalty in the amount of 130 thousand roubles; previously convicted under Article 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code. Status: at large.

In brief

Sakhalin Oblast · Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk · Engineers · Anti-war cases

Sentence

Penalty in the amount of 130 thousand roubles

Verdict March 11, 2024

No information about an appeal ruling.

Other verdicts

  • July 21, 2023 — A fine in the amount of 150 thousand roubles

Charges

Latest event

October 20, 2026 — case status changed

Became known October 20, 2026 · checked October 18, 2026

Timeline

  1. · Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

  2. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict

  3. · Imprisonment begins

  4. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict

  5. · Criminal case opened

    Alexander Vdovichenko's second case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces

  6. · Persecution begins

    Case of repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

Criminal case

Alexander Vdovichenko's second case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces

Case number
1-462/2024

There are no other defendants in this case in the database.

Thematic group: Anti-war case

Case of repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

There are no other defendants in this case in the database.

Thematic group: Anti-war case

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

A citizen of Ukraine. While in pre-trial detention for attempted murder, he was also prosecuted in a case of discreditation of the use of the Russian Armed Forces. In this case, on July 21, 2023, Vdovichenko was sentenced to a fine of 150 thousand rubles. In January 2024, it became known that another case of discrediting the Armed Forces was brought against Vdovichenko. On March 11, 2024, he was sentenced to a fine of 130 thousand rubles in this case. In the case of attempted murder Vdovichenko was sentenced to six and a half years in a strict regime colony in August 2023. We do not consider this case as politically motivated.

All fields of the record
Citizenship
Ukraine
Persecution episodes
2

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