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Devyatkin Aleksei Sergeevich

Date of birth: September 10, 1981 (45 years old)
citizenship: Россия
City of residence: Chita
Occupation: инженерия; IT; системы безопасности
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.2 ч. 2
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Sentence:  2 года лишения свободы в колонии общего режима
Date of sentencing:  April 15, 2026
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 10, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Zabaikalsky Krai
Hobbies: Литература (фантастика, фэнтези, детективы), рыбалка, компьютерные игры (S.T.A.L.K.E.R, "Метро 2033"), новости, спорт, религия (буддизм).

Aleksei Devyatkin was a maintenance engineer at the Ministry of Health of Zabaykalsky Krai. He was detained in late December 2025 and later sentenced to two years in a penal colony over a single comment posted under a news report about a Ukrainian missile strike on the Adriatic restaurant in Lysychansk. According to the prosecution and the court, his comment constituted a justification of terrorist activity.

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