Dmitry Nikitin
Dmitry Nikitin, born 1996, Moscow. Charges: Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Hooliganism (group, with weapons, or against a government official)); Article 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in an extremist community); “Case of Artem Vorobyov, Dmitry Nikitin and Viktor Trofimov”. Sentence (March 16, 2021): three years' suspended imprisonment. Status: at large.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Extremism cases
Sentence
3 years
three years' suspended imprisonment
Upheld August 22, 2021
Charges
- Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Hooliganism (group, with weapons, or against a government official)
- Article 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in an extremist community
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he participated in the activities of the "Black Bloc" and in the attack on LGBT activists.
Latest event
June 7, 2022 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Case of Artem Vorobyov, Dmitry Nikitin and Viktor Trofimov
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
Criminal case
Case of Artem Vorobyov, Dmitry Nikitin and Viktor Trofimov
Other defendants in the case
- Artem Vorobyev — At large, 4 years
- Viktor Trofimov — At large
Thematic group: The "Black Bloc case"
Details and sources
Full summary
On 4 April 2019, the investigation chose a preventive measure against Nikitin in the form of a recognizance not to leave. He fully admitted guilt. On 17 March 2021, he was sentenced to three years' suspended sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.