Personal Information
- Birth date
- 19 мар. 1987 г. (39 years old)
Kotikov Evgeniy Sergeevich
Case Information
- Region of case initiation:
- Rostov Oblast
- Charges:
- Art. 274.1 CC RF Part 1
- Sentence:
- 3 years settlement colony
- Estimated release date:
- 10 апр. 2026 г.
- Case categories:
- Anti-war case
Case Description
In Rostov-on-Don, no later than July 2022, a criminal case was initiated against a local 34-year-old resident, programmer Yevgeny Kotikov. He was accused of improper influence on critical information infrastructure of the Russian Federation. According to the investigation, he "supported the Kyiv regime" and joined a group of hackers who carried out DDoS attacks on the websites of the Russian Ministry of Defense and the President of Russia. It is unknown whether a preventive measure has been chosen. On February 3, 2023, the Sovetsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don found Yevgeny Kotikov guilty and sentenced him to 3 years of imprisonment conditionally with a probation period of 3 years and a fine of 800 thousand rubles. rubles. April 10, 2023, the Rostov Regional Court toughened the sentence, changing the suspended sentence to actual imprisonment in a settlement colony.
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