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Petryk Serhiy Mykolayovych

Date of birth: January 8, 1978 (48 years old)
citizenship: Украина; Россия
City of residence: посёлок Никольское Мариупольского района
Occupation: медицина
Article of the Criminal Code:  275
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Date of arrest:  October 18, 2024
Sentence:  15 лет 6 месяцев лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима, 1 год ограничения свободы, штраф 105.000 рублей
Date of sentencing:  October 3, 2025
Current location:  in transit
Hobbies: Стихи (Ахматова, Мандальштам).
Lists of persecuted:  General list

Ukrainian citizen and pediatrician Serhiy Petryk moved from Makeyevka in the Donetsk region to the village of Nikolske, in Ukrainian-controlled territory, after 2014. He continued to work there even after the start of the full-scale invasion, under occupation. Due to his pro-Ukrainian stance and long-standing refusal to accept Russian citizenship, he was repeatedly detained by security services. In 2024, Petryk was arrested by the FSB. Investigators accused him of treason, claiming that in August 2024, the medic cooperated with the SBU and later passed on to the Ukrainian side the coordinates of a Russian military unit, having learned them during a meeting with a serviceman. Petryk himself maintained his innocence. The Supreme Court of the "DPR" sentenced him to 15.5 years in a maximum security penal colony.