Oleg Zaklekta
Oleg Zaklekta, born 1974, Occupied territory of Luhanska oblast. Charges: Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in a terrorist community); “Oleg Zaklekta's case”. Sentence (April 16, 2025): 12 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 in prison, the rest in a strict-regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since December 1, 2024. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, August 18, 2025.
In brief
Occupied territory of Luhanska oblast · Military personnel · Terrorism cases
Sentence
12 years
imprisonment, of which the first 3 in prison, the rest in a strict-regime penal colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in a terrorist community
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, "in 2024, as part of a separate battalion of the terrorist community "Aidar" in the points of temporary deployment of the battalion in the town of Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, as well as in combat positions near the settlements of Stupochki and Ivanovskoye, he took part in hostilities against servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, by whom he was subsequently taken in prisoner".
Latest event
August 18, 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, August 18, 2025
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 12 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Oleg Zaklekta's case
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
Oleg Zaklekta's case
- Case number
- 1-331/2025
Thematic group: The case of two Ukrainian servicemen of involvement in the activites of the Aidar Battalion
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Full summary
A Ukrainian serviceman, he was taken prisoner on 7 November 2024. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist organization due to his involvement in the activities of the Aidar battalion. In December 2024, a court in Luhansk took him into custody. On 16 April 2025 Oleg Zaklekta was sentenced to 12 years in a strict-regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
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