In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)

Oleg Zharkov

Birth date

December 21, 1971

Citizenship

Ukraine

Family

Case

The case of serving in the "Azov" regiment

Article

Part 2, Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code; Article 278 of the Criminal Code

Verdict

13 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony

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.