Personal Information
- Birth date
- 17 мая 1978 г. (48 years old)
- Special circumstances
- hunger strike, dependent child/children, leftist views
- Notes
- lived in the village of Kolesnikovo, worked as a masseur in Taganrog and actively criticized the authorities on social networks, considers himself a 'citizen of the USSR', received a concussion during the Chechen War." Served from 1996 to 1998, after the war, until 2010 worked as a criminal investigator in Moscow, later attended a private security school and became a bodyguard candidate. Twice divorced, has children from two marriages. In 2018 was charged under criminal articles on distributing pornography using the internet and violating privacy.
Devitsyn Roman Viktorovich
Case Information
- Region of case initiation:
- Rostov Oblast
- Detention date:
- 16 мая 2024 г.
- Charges:
- Art. 281 CC RF Part 2 Clause a, Art. 30 CC RF Part 1
- Sentence:
- 14 years strict regime
- Estimated release date:
- 25 авг. 2038 г.
- Case categories:
- Sabotage, War-related
- Rosfinmonitoring status:
- Added 3 июл. 2024 г.
Case Description
In May 2024, a criminal case was opened in the Rostov region against 46-year-old Roman Devitsin, a resident of the village of Kolesnikovo, for attempted sabotage. It is reported that he was detained back in April 2024 at the Neklinovka - Matveyevo - Kurgan passing loop, where the man came with two five-liter canisters and a plastic bottle of solvent, but a criminal case was opened only in mid-May. During the interrogation, the detained person allegedly said that he intended to set fire to three relay cabinets, and that he was promised a reward for committing sabotage. The man was placed in custody. October 6, 2025, the Rostov Regional Court found Roman Devitsin guilty and sentenced him to 14 years in a colony, the first 3 years the man will spend in prison, the remaining - in a strict regime colony.
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