Russian Court Sentences Ukrainian Azov Fighter Dmytro Remez to 18 Years for "Terrorism Charges"

A Russian military court in Rostov-on-Don has sentenced captured Ukrainian serviceman Dmytro Remez, a fighter of the Azov Brigade, to 18 years in a high-security penal colony.

The ruling was reported by Mediazona on October 1, citing the court’s press service.

Remez, 33, is originally from Zaporizhzhia. Before joining the Azov Battalion, he served as a police officer in Zaporizhzhia region until 2017. The court noted that he was a member of the Azov unit, which Russia has designated as a “terrorist organization.”

Russian investigators accused him of participating in a “terrorist community” and undergoing “training with the aim of carrying out terrorist activities.” Based on these charges, the court handed down an 18-year sentence in a high-security prison.

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On May 15, Russia’s financial monitoring agency Rosfinmonitoring added Remez to its list of “terrorists and extremists.”

Meanwhile, the same court sentenced 23 Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilian staff associated with the Azov Brigade to long prison terms on charges ranging from “violent seizure of power” to “terrorism-related offenses.” The verdicts included both in-person and in-absentia rulings.

According to the Russian outlet Mediazona, the defendants were found guilty under articles of the Russian Criminal Code relating to the organization of a terrorist group, violent seizure of power, and undergoing training for terrorist activity. These charges were based solely on their affiliation with the Azov Brigade, which Russia’s Supreme Court designated a “terrorist organization” in August 2022—months after many of those accused had already been taken captive.

Earlier, it was reported that a court in temporarly occupied Donetsk sentenced three Ukrainian prisoners of war to almost 24 years in a penal colony.

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