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Three Britons, a Swede and a Croatian who fought for Ukraine in Mariupol and were exchanged in a 2022 prisoner swap will be tried in Rostov-on-Don court.
Paul Urey, 45, was detained by pro-Russian separatists in April and charged with mercenarism.
Russia-backed separatists in Ukraine's eastern region of Donetsk have set August 15 as the date for the trial of five foreigners accused of joining Ukrainian armed forces as mercenaries.
The US State Department expressed concern over the death of British mercenary Paul Ury, who was held captive in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the UK did not seek help from the ICRC to provide medical supplies to its subject Paul Ury, a mercenary who later died in captivity in the DPR.