Aleksandr Shtoda
Aleksandr Shtoda is the director of the detention facility in Taganrog, Russia, where Viktoriia Roshchyna was held and tortured, and he has been implicated in the ongoing denial and misrepresentation of her status and treatment during her captivity.
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Shtoda is the chief of Taganrog’s remand prison No 2, where Roshchyna was held.
EU imposes sanctions on Russian prison officials responsible for death of Ukrainian journalist | European Union
United Kingdom· 2025-11-21
Aleksandr Shtoda is the director of the pre-trial detention center number 2 in Taganrog, who has been charged by Ukrainian authorities in connection with the treatment of Viktoria Rochtchyna.
A Kiev, aux obsèques de Viktoria Rochtchyna, des larmes et des appels à faire justice
France· 2025-08-09
Aleksandr Shtoda was placed under investigation for his role in the mistreatment of Ukrainian detainees.
Ukrainian journalist who died in Russian captivity buried in Kyiv | UkraineUnited Kingdom· 2025-08-08
Aleksandr Shtoda, head of the Sizo 2 pre-trial detention centre in Taganrog, has been formally placed under investigation.
Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy rallies Europe allies before Trump-Putin meeting | UkraineUnited Kingdom· 2025-08-08
Aleksandr Shtoda, head of the Sizo 2 pre-trial detention centre in Taganrog, has been formally placed under investigation for war crimes.
Kyiv opens war crime inquiry into head of notorious Russian prison | UkraineUnited Kingdom· 2025-08-07
Aleksandr Shtoda has been the head of the Taganrog facility since November 2022, overseeing the conditions in which prisoners are held.
Inside Taganrog: beatings, electrocution and starvation at prison where Ukrainians were tortured | RussiaUnited Kingdom· 2025-04-30
Aleksandr Shtoda is the director of the Sizo who claimed Roshchyna was never listed in the databases.
‘Numerous signs of torture’: a Ukrainian journalist’s detention and death in Russian prison | UkraineUnited Kingdom· 2025-04-29
