Nikolai Vorobel
Nikolai Vorobel, born 1991, Occupied territory of Luhanska oblast. 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); “Nikolai Vorobel's case”. Sentenced on January 16, 2025. Status: imprisoned. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, June 5, 2025.
In brief
Occupied territory of Luhanska oblast · Military personnel · Terrorism cases
Sentence
Imprisonment (details unknown)
Upheld May 28, 2025
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
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, in the period from February 2019 to August 2021 joined the ranks of the assault battalion "Aidar" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, recognised on the basis of a court decision as a terrorist organisation. Vorobel in 2020 and in 2021 underwent training in close combat tactics and weapons handling. Later in the battalion, he fulfilled the duties of a gunner.
Latest event
June 5, 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, June 5, 2025
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
Criminal case
Nikolai Vorobel's case
Thematic group: The case of seven former servicemen of the Aidar Battalion
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Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
344064, Ростовская область, г. Ростов-на-Дону ул. Тонельная, 4, ФКУ СИЗО-5 ГУФСИН России по Ростовской области, Воробель Николай Михайлович, 1991 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Lugansk region of Ukraine, serviceman of Aidar battalion. He was charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist organization and with undergoing training for the purpose of engaging in terrorist activity. On 16 January 2025, Vorobel was sentenced, but the details of the verdict are unknown.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
- Preventive measures
- pre-trial detention
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.