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Tyazhelykh Dmitry Viktorovich

Date of birth: December 29, 1984 (41 years old)
Occupation: бизнес и предпринимательство
Article of the Criminal Code:  222.1 ч. 4 ; 205 ч. 3 para. «б»
Form of repression:  pre-trial detention
Pursuit stage:  verdict delivered – appeal pending
Date of arrest:  January 1, 1
Sentence:  пожизненное лишение свободы в колонии особого режима, из них 5 лет в тюрьме, штраф 500.000 рублей
Date of sentencing:  November 27, 2025
Current location:  Remand Prison No. 1, Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for Rostov Oblast

Tyazhelykh Dmitry Viktorovich, born on December 29, 1984, citizen of Russia, resident of Lipetsk, secondary vocational education, individual entrepreneur, father of a minor child.

Charged under paragraph "b" of Part 3 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("A terrorist act, that is, the commission of an explosion that frightens the population and creates a danger of death, causing significant property damage, the occurrence of other grave consequences in order to destabilise the activities of government bodies and influence their decision-making, committed by an organised group, resulting in significant property damage, the occurrence of other grave consequences and the intentional causing of death to a person", up to life imprisonment") and Part 4 of Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Illegal acquisition, transfer, storage and transportation of an explosive device by an organised group", up to 15 years' imprisonment). For the totality of the alleged crimes, he faces a sentence of life imprisonment.

Deprived of liberty since October 14, 2022.

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