Viktor Didyk
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 222 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Terrorism cases
- Verdict
- Sentence unknown
- Date of verdict
- 2023-12-14
- Region
- Rostov Oblast
- City
- Rostov-on-Don
- Facility
- ФКУ «ИК № 20 УФСИН России по Вологодской области»
- Address for letters
- 162840, Вологодская область, г. Устюжна, ул. Карла Маркса, д. 57, ИК-20, ФКУ «ИК № 20 УФСИН России по Вологодской области», Дидык Виктор Федорович, 1966 г.р.
Case summary
Citizen of Ukraine. In March 2022, he was mobilised into Ukrainian Armed Forces together with his son Roman. In April of the same year, they were both captured by the Russians, after which a case was opened against them for participation in a terrorist community and illegal possession of weapons. At the trial Didyk said that he agreed to sign all interrogation protocols because the investigator promised that in this case he and his son would be exchanged for Russian prisoners of war and thus they would both be able to return home. However, the exchange did not take place. On 14 December 2023, Didyk was sentenced to eight years in a general regime penal colony.
Others charged under Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
What we write about political persecution
Recent material from this section. This is section navigation — the articles below are not about this person.
- 2026-09-04Georgia court clears extradition of Fugal ally to Russia
- 2026-09-04Russia labels Novaya Gazeta a 'foreign agent,' adds over 100 affiliated names
- 2026-09-04Russian court sentences hostage-takers from Rostov detention center to up to 29 years
- 2026-09-04Two Yabloko Duma candidates detained in Moscow two days before vote
- 2026-09-03British man says Russian police beat him, jumped on his head at station in Yessentuki
Source: this person’s record in the OVD-Info political persecution database
Published under CC BY 3.0. The criteria for treating a person as politically persecuted belong to OVD-Info; FACTUM relays their assessment and makes none of its own.
OVD-Info has been designated an «extremist» organisation in Russia — by decision of the Russian authorities, like other independent human rights and media projects.