Oleg Zharkov
Oleg Zharkov, born 1971, Rostov Oblast. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); Article 278, Russian Criminal Code (Violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order); “The case of military service in the Azov regiment”. Sentence (March 26, 2025): 13 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, January 12, 2024.
In brief
Rostov Oblast · Rostov-on-Don · Manual workers · Terrorism cases
Sentence
13 years
imprisonment in a strict regime colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
- Article 278, Russian Criminal Code — Violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order
Latest event
March 26, 2025 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 13 years.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, January 12, 2024
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 13 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Persecution begins
The case of military service in the Azov regiment
Criminal case
The case of military service in the Azov regiment
Other defendants in the case
- Elena Avramova — Not in Russia, 13 years
- Nina Bondarenko — Not in Russia, 13 years
- Alena Bondarchuk — Not in Russia, 13 years
- Natalia Golfiner — Not in Russia, 14 years
- Artem Grebeshkov — Imprisoned, 20 years
- Arthur Gretzkii — Imprisoned, 22 years
- Anatolii Gritsyk — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Iaroslav Zhdamarov — Imprisoned, 22 years
- Aleksandr Irkha — Imprisoned, 20 years
- Alexander Ishchenko — Deceased
- David Kasatkin — Not in Russia, 15 years
- Dmitrii Labinskii — Not in Russia, 23 years
- Vladislava Maiboroda — Not in Russia, 13 years
- Alexander Merochenets — Imprisoned, 22 years
- Oleg Mizhgorodskyy — Imprisoned, 17 years
- Irina Mogitich — Not in Russia, 13 years
- Alexander Mukhin — Imprisoned, 22 years
- Lilia Pavrianidis — Not in Russia, 13 years
- Lilia Rudenko — Not in Russia, 13 years
- Alexey Smykov — Imprisoned, 23 years
- Marina Tekin — Not in Russia, 13 years
- Nikita Timonin — Imprisoned, 22 years
- Oleg Tyshkul — Imprisoned, 22 years
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Full summary
From 2018 until 1 March 2022, he was a freelance labourer in the Ukrainian regiment "Azov". In March 2022, he was detained in Mariupol. He was accused of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation and violent seizure and retention of power. Human rights activists note that he is a prisoner of war, so he should not have been prosecuted for combat participation, and in addition, they consider the charges absurd. On 26 March 2025 Zharkov was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
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