October 20, 2026, 10:55 AMRSSRU

Vladimir Volskii

ImprisonedChecked October 18, 2026

Vladimir Volskii, born 1988. Charges: Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code (Receiving training for the commission of terrorist crimes); Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization). Sentenced on October 8, 2025. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since November 21, 2025. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, February 12, 2026.

In brief

Military personnel · Terrorism cases

Sentence

Imprisonment (details unknown)

Verdict October 8, 2025

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Latest event

February 12, 2026 — recognised as a political prisoner

Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Recognised as a political prisoner

    Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners

  2. · Imprisonment begins

  3. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict

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

Criminal case

The сase of Vladimir Volskii regarding participation in the activities of a terrorist organization

Case number
1-442/2025

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Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

An Ukrainian serviceman. He was taken prisoner in late December 2024. Criminal proceedings were initiated against him for participation in a terrorist organization in connection with his involvement in the 48th Separate Assault Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). On 8 October 2025, Volskii was sentenced to imprisonment.

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