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Kozmenko Ruslan Oleksandrovych

Date of birth: November 18, 1969 (56 years old)
Occupation: военная служба
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.4 ч. 2
Form of repression:  pre-trial detention
Pursuit stage:  verdict delivered – appeal pending
Sentence:  5 лет 6 месяцев лишения свободы в колонии общего режима
Date of sentencing:  September 19, 2025
Current location:  unknown
Lists of persecuted:  General list

Kozmenko Ruslan Oleksandrovych, born on 18 November 1969, a Ukrainian citizen and resident of Kharkiv and Lysychansk, and a former serviceman of the 24th Separate Assault Battalion Aidar of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. On 19 September 2025, he was sentenced under Part 2 of Article 205.4 of the Russian Criminal Code (“Participation in a terrorist community”) to 5 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general-regime correctional colony. The date on which he was deprived of liberty is unknown.