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Havjada Bohdan Oleksandrovych

Date of birth: November 23, 1980 (45 years old)
Occupation: военная служба
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.3 ; 205.4 ч. 2
Form of repression:  pre-trial detention
Pursuit stage:  verdict delivered – appeal pending
Sentence:  17 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима
Date of sentencing:  December 3, 2025
Current location:  Remand Prison No. 5, Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for Rostov Oblast
Lists of persecuted:  General list

Havjada Bohdan Oleksandrovych was born on 23 November 1980. He is a Ukrainian citizen and a resident of the Novoaidar district of Luhansk region; he is married and the father of a 17-year-old daughter. He is a former serviceman of the 24th Separate Assault Battalion “Aidar” of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

On 3 December 2025, he was sentenced under Part 2 of Article 205.4  (“Participation in a terrorist community”) and Article 205.3 (“Undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities”) of the Russian Criminal Code to 17 years of imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony.

He has been deprived of liberty since no later than March 2025.