Vitalii Zaluzhnyi
Vitalii Zaluzhnyi, born 1972. Charges: Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in a terrorist community); “Vitalii Zaluzhnyi's case on participation in the activities of a terrorist community”. Sentence (November 6, 2025): 6 years' imprisonment in a general-regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since December 23, 2025; place of detention: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Rostov Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, May 11, 2026.
In brief
Military personnel · Terrorism cases
Sentence
6 years
imprisonment in a general-regime colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in a terrorist community
Latest event
May 11, 2026 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, May 11, 2026
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Imprisonment begins
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Vitalii Zaluzhnyi's case on participation in the activities of a terrorist community
- Case number
- 1-881/2025
Write a letter
Facility: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Rostov Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
344022 г. Ростов-на-Дону, ул. Максима Горького, 219, ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по Ростовской области, Залужный Виталий Владимирович, 1972 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist organization due to his involvement with the Azov battalion. In September 2025, the case was brought to court. On 6 November 2025, Zaluzhnyi was sentenced to six years in a general-regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.