Iaroslav Zhdamarov
Iaroslav Zhdamarov, born 1993, Rostov Oblast. Charges: Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code (Receiving training for the commission of terrorist crimes); 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): 22 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 · Former military personnel, Veterinarians · Terrorism cases
Sentence
22 years
imprisonment in a strict regime colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code — Receiving training for the commission of terrorist crimes
- 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: 22 years.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, January 12, 2024
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 22 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
- Oleg Zharkov — Imprisoned, 13 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 2015 until September 24, 2019, he served as a sapper and a dog handler in the Ukrainian regiment "Azov." He was detained on April 23, 2022, and charged with the violent seizure and retention of power, involvement in a terrorist organization, and undergoing training for terrorist activities.
Human rights activists argue that he is a prisoner of war and, therefore, should not have been prosecuted merely for participating in combat. Additionally, they consider the charges to be absurd.
On March 26, 2025, Zhdamarov was sentenced to 22 years in strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
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