Nikolai Deviaty
- Criminal Code
- Article 318 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Cases related to mass actions
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 4 years 6 months
- Date of verdict
- 2021-08-04
- Region
- Saint Petersburg
- City
- Saint Petersburg
- Address for letters
- 188508, г. Санкт-Петербург, Ломоносовский р-н, пос. Горелово, ул. Заречная, д. 22, ФКУ СИЗО-6 ГУФСИН России по г. Санкт-Петербургу и Ленинградской области ("Горелово"), Девятый Николай Александрович, 1984 г.р.
Case summary
A resident of St. Petersburg who worked in the IT sector was detained on 24 January 2021 and taken into custody the next day on charges of using violence against two traffic police officers during a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on 23 January. Initially, Deviaty was charged with using non-dangerous violence against public officials, but the charge was later escalated to dangerous violence. Deviaty reported bribery within the pre-trial detention center, after which he was no longer brought to court for hearings. On 5 August, he was sentenced to four and a half years in a general-regime colony. It is believed that he was released in 2024.
Others charged under Article 318 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Name withheld
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