Detention: On June 10, 2020, FSB officers detained Simferopol resident Andriy Kuliyevych along with several other Crimean residents. They were accused in the so-called case of 'preparing a terrorist attack at the market' and 'public calls for extremist activities.' Following his detention, he was taken into custody.

Sentence: On June 19, 2023, the Russia-controlled Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Andriy Kuliyevych to 7 years and 5 months in a strict regime penal colony. He will spend the first four years in prison. He was also fined 250,000 rubles.

Andriy Kuliyevych is one of the Ukrainian citizens who have become victims of politically motivated persecution by the Russian Federation in occupied Crimea. Before his arrest, he lived in Simferopol. His name became known after a large-scale FSB operation in June 2020, when Russian security forces claimed to have uncovered a group preparing a terrorist act at one of the markets in occupied Crimea. During the detentions, searches were conducted, and the case's defendants were accused of actions classified by Russian authorities as preparing a terrorist attack and spreading extremist calls. Along with Kuliyevych, Dmytro Khoroshaiev, Oleh Lahutin, and Vladyslav Reshetnichenko were involved in the case.

Andriy Kuliyevych continues to serve an unlawful sentence imposed by the Russian court. His case remains part of the broader issue of the illegal detention of Ukrainian citizens in places of confinement in the Russian Federation and occupied Crimea. Ukrainian state institutions and human rights organizations continue to document such cases for future accountability and the release of all Ukrainian citizens who have become victims of political repression.

In November 2025, the Ukrainian Canadian Students' Union (SUSK) joined the advocacy mentorship initiative, taking under its care three Crimean political prisoners: Appaz Kurtamet, Abdulmedzhit Seitumerov, and Andriy Kuliyevych.

Information used from open sources: ZMINA, Crimea Platform.

Last updated: 16.07.2026.