Personal Information
- Birth date
- 22 янв. 1972 г. (54 years old)
- Special circumstances
- Ukrainian citizen, military servicemember
- Notes
- Active participant in combat operations in Donbas until the start of the SVO. Special purpose unit "Azov" "Senior machine gunner of the machine gun section of the fire support platoon of the operational purpose company of the operational purpose battalion.
Bliznyuk Sergey Alekseevich (Bliznyuk Sergiy Oleksiyovich)
Case Information
- Region of case initiation:
- Donetsk Oblast
- Detention date:
- 1 апр. 2022 г.
- Charges:
- Art. 205.3 CC RF, Art. 205.4 CC RF Part 2
- Case categories:
- War-related, POWs, Occupied territories, Azov
- Rosfinmonitoring status:
- Added 9 сент. 2025 г.
Case Description
In Mariupol, an occupied part of the Donetsk region, no later than April 2022, a 50-year-old Ukrainian citizen, a serviceman of the Azov Regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Sergey Bliznyuk, fell into captivity to Russian servicemen. A criminal case was opened against him for participating in a terrorist community and undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities. The reason for the criminal prosecution was service in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the nationalist "Azov" battalion, recognized as a terrorist organization in Russia.
Contact Information
Mailing Address
Близнюк Сергей Алексеевич (Близнюк Сергій Олексійович), 22 января 1972 г. ФКУ СИЗО-1 ГУФСИН России по Ростовской области, адрес: 344022, Россия, г. Ростов-на-Дону, ул. Максима Горького, д. 219 (предположительно) связь через: Зонателеком
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