Olexandr Kolchenko
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| Native name | Олександр Олександрович Кольченко |
| Born | November 26, 1989 Simferopol, Crimea, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Alma mater | Taurida National V.I. Vernadsky University (TNU) (dropped out) |
| Known for | arrest, criminal prosecution by Russian authorities |
| Criminal charge | arson, terrorism |
| Criminal penalty | 10 years in prison |
| Criminal status | serving his sentence |
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Olexandr Olexandrovych Kolchenko (Ukrainian: Олександр Олександрович Кольченко, Russian: Александр Александрович Кольченко, nicknamed “Tundra”, born November 26, 1989) is a Ukrainian left-wing and trade union activist, antifascist, anarchist, ecologist, archaeologist, who has been convicted of terrorism.
Olexandr Kolchenko and three more Crimean pro-Ukrainian activists: Olexiy Chyrniy, Gennadiy Afanasyev and Oleg Sentsov are united by a common criminal case of the so-called “Crimean terrorists”. All four have been arrested and imprisoned in Russia after the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.
Born in a working-class family, Olexandr Kolchenko worked as a loader at the post while studying tourism management at the georgraphic faculty of Tavrida National University in Simferopol. He became a supporter of anarchist, antifascist and internationalist ideas. Since 2007, Kolchenko has been an active militant of the local antifascist movement. He staged numerous street protests against manifestations of fascism in the region, and participated in clashes with both Ukrainian and pro-Russian far right. He also organized actions of solidarity with Russian antifascists who fell victims of the neo-Nazi terror or government repression, including Anastasia Baburova and Ivan Khutorskoy.
From 2010 to 2013, Kolchenko was an active member of the independent trade union “Student Action” composed of socialists and anarchists advocating free education, student rights, and autonomy of universities. He was involved to numerous events and public campaigns to protect workers’ rights and the environment. He was supporting the struggles of Crimean Trolleybus employees and protesting against construction of a contaminant port in Crimea.
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