Personal Information
- Birth date
- 22 мая 1973 г. (53 years old)
- Special circumstances
- scientist, elderly dependents
- Notes
- Scientist, inventor, former associate professor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering of the Southwest State University (SWSU), resigned a year before the start of the 'SVO'. Registered patents 'Method for Assessing Cardioprojective Action of Pharmacological Agents Based on Left Ventricular Pressure Measurement Results During Arterial Hypertension Simulation', 'Method for Monitoring the Severity of Ischemic Lesions of the Lower Extremities and Device for Its Implementation', 'Gas Leak Notification and Prevention Device with Temperature and Humidity Compensation', which has no analogues and prevents natural gas leaks in a room. Lives with his 82-year-old disabled father and takes care of him
Skopin Dmitriy Evgenevich
Case Information
- Region of case initiation:
- Kursk Oblast
- Detention date:
- 16 авг. 2024 г.
- Charges:
- Art. 205.2 CC RF Part 2
- Sentence:
- 3 years general regime
- Estimated release date:
- 4 сент. 2028 г.
- Case categories:
- Anti-war case, Freedom of speech, Scientist cases
- Rosfinmonitoring status:
- Added 25 февр. 2025 г.
Case Description
On August 16, 2024, in Kursk, 51-year-old local resident, scientist, former associate professor of the Department of Biomedical Engineering of the Southwest State University (SWSU) Dmitry Skopin was detained. He was accused of publicly justifying terrorism on the internet. According to the investigation, on August 12, 2024, in one of the Telegram channels, Skopin "justified the invasion and actions of the AFU militants in the Sudzhansky district of the Kursk region. For the duration of the investigation, the court chose a preventive measure for the defendant in the form of a ban on certain actions. On September 5, 2025, the 2nd Western District Military Court found Dmitry Skopinin guilty and sentenced him to 3 years in a general regime penal colony. The court also imposed a 2-year ban on the scientist administering websites and ordered the destruction of the SIM card seized from him, as well as the confiscation of a mobile phone that became material evidence in the criminal case. The man was taken into custody in the courtroom.
Contact Information
Mailing Address
Скопин Дмитрий Евгеньевич, 22 мая 1973 г. ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по Курской области, адрес: 305016, Россия, г. Курск, ул. Пирогова, д. 1 связь через: ФСИН-письмо; Зонателеком
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