Yuri Zadorozhny
Yuri Zadorozhny, born 1969, Kursk Oblast. Charges: Article 205 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Terrorist attack (by a group or with serious consequences)); “The case of four combatants in Kursk Region”. Sentence (March 5, 2025): 17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since March 21, 2025; place of detention: Prison, Krasnoyarsk Krai. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, July 31, 2025.
In brief
Kursk Oblast · Military personnel, Farmers · Terrorism cases
Sentence
17 years
imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 205 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Terrorist attack (by a group or with serious consequences)
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, "being in the village of Snagost, Korenevsky district, Kursk region, <...> intimidated and terrorised the local population, occupied private houses under the threat of using weapons, prohibited the movement of civilians, repeatedly opened fire to kill both Russian servicemen and civilians".
Latest event
November 10, 2025 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, July 31, 2025
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 17 years
· Persecution begins
The case of four combatants in Kursk Region
Criminal case
The case of four combatants in Kursk Region
- Case number
- 1-58/2025
Other defendants in the case
- Yurii Sychenko — Imprisoned, 17 years
- Ivan Furleta — Imprisoned, 17 years
- Yuriy Khayuk — Imprisoned, 17 years
Write a letter
Facility: Prison, Krasnoyarsk Krai
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
662606, ул. Горького д. 114 Тюрьма, Красноярский край, г. Минусинск, ФКУ «Тюрьма ГУФСИН России по Красноярскому краю», Задорожный Юрий Иванович, 1969 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A Ukrainian military serviceman. On September 10th 2024, he was captured in Kursk region. The captured military men were insulted and forced to praise the Russian Airborne Forces and Putin on video camera. A criminal case of committing a terrorist act was initiated against Zadorozhny — this was how the actions of the Ukrainian military in the Kursk region were qualified. On March 5th 2025, he was sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
Other people prosecuted under Article 205 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.