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Victim of terror attack in St. Petersburg wins $1,900 lawsuit against perpetrator Trepova

TASS · 🇺🇦 public Ukraine · · 370 words
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A St. Petersburg court ordered Darya Trepova, previously convicted for her role in a terrorist attack, to pay damages to a local woman. The article details the court's handling of civil lawsuits against Trepova, noting her existing debts and the separate criminal conviction where she was sentenced to 27 years in a penal colony for her involvement in the attack.

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Claims checked 13
Techniques found 1
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What happened

Petersburg has ordered that Darya Trepova, previously convicted for killing Maxim Fomin (Vladlen Tatarsky) in a terrorist attack, pay 150,000 rubles ($1,890) to a local woman in material and moral damages suffered as a result of the terrorist act, said Darya…

Why it matters

"The Vasileostrovsky district court of our city has considered the lawsuit against Darya Trepova and Dmitry Kasintsev.

Common ground

The court recovered 150,000 rubles from Trepova and a state fee of 3,000 rubles.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

A St. Petersburg court ordered Darya Trepova, previously convicted for her role in a terrorist attack, to pay damages to a local woman. The article details the court's handling of civil lawsuits against Trepova, noting her existing debts and the separate criminal conviction where she was sentenced to 27 years in a penal colony for her involvement in the attack.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 13 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The court found Trepova guilty of all charges against her (terrorist act, illegal carrying of explosive devices, use of forged documents).”
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Claim 2: “Tatarsky was killed and 52 other people were injured.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results or cross-references detailing that the incident resulted in the death of Tatarsky and injuries to 52 other people. While Wikipedia mentions Tatarsky's death, the specific count of 52 injuries is not corroborated.
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Claim 3: “In January 2024, the 2nd Western District Military Court, at a visiting session in St. Petersburg, sentenced Trepova to 27 years in a penal colony, and her accomplice Kasintsev to one year and nine months in a penal colony.”
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Multiple web search results confirm the sentencing details: Trepova was sentenced to 27 years by a military court, and her co-defendant, Kasintsev, was sentenced to one year and nine months.
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web search NEUTRAL — On 25 January 2024, Trepova was then convicted by a military court in Saint Petersburg of terrorism, handling explosives and using forged documents and sentenced to 27 years in prison, one of the hars…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darya_Trepova
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web search NEUTRAL — Russia's Second Western Military District Court found Trepova guilty of terrorism, illegal trafficking of explosive devices and illegal document forgery and sentenced her to 27 years in a medium-secur…
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/01/25/daria-trepova-sent…
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web search NEUTRAL — Trepova's co-defendant, Dmitry Kasintsev, in whose apartment Trepova was detained, was sentenced to one year and nine months in prison. Kasintsev pleaded guilty to the charge of failure to report a cr…
https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-trepova-prison-tatarsky-killi…
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Claim 4: “The defendant in the Vasileostrovsky case, Vasilina Gulyayeva, said that on April 2, 2023, she attended an event at the Patriot Cafe and suffered bodily injuries and mental suffering from the terrorist attack there.”
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The web search results confirm that Vasilina Gulyayeva claimed she suffered bodily and mental injuries from a terrorist attack at the Patriot Cafe on April 2, 2023.
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web search NEUTRAL — The defendant in the Vasileostrovsky case, Vasilina Gulyayeva, said that on April 2, 2023, she attended an event at the Patriot Cafe and suffered bodily injuries and mental suffering from the terroris…
https://tass.com/society/1969371
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web search NEUTRAL — Nigeria’s security forces are on high alert to avert a possible attack by terrorists on public infrastructure in Abuja and Niger states, an internal memo dated April 13 said.
https://www.trtafrika.com/english/article/75b85cf67b21
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web search NEUTRAL — The Times e-Paper...
https://epaper.thetimes.com/
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Claim 5: “The Vasileostrovsky district court of our city has considered the lawsuit against Darya Trepova and Dmitry Kasintsev. The court recovered 150,000 rubles from Trepova and a state fee of 3,000 rubles. The case against Kasintsev has been dismissed.”
CORROBORATED
Two separate web search results confirm that the Vasileostrovsky district court considered the lawsuit against Darya Trepova and Dmitry Kasintsev, resulting in Trepova being ordered to pay 150,000 rubles and a state fee of 3,000 rubles. The dismissal of the case against Kasintsev is mentioned in the context of the overall proceedings.
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web search NEUTRAL — "The Vasileostrovsky district court of our city has considered the lawsuit against Darya Trepova and Dmitry Kasintsev. The court recovered 150,000 rubles from Trepova and a state fee of 3,000 rubles.
https://tass.com/society/1969371
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web search NEUTRAL — On April 13, Kasintsev, in whose apartment Trepova was detained, was placed under house arrest. He was accused of 'failure to report a crime.' "On January 25, 2024, the 2nd Western Military District C…
https://enbv.org/en/person/dmitriy-kasintsev/
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web search NEUTRAL — Enforcement proceedings on them were opened on January 26. In addition, Trepova* is obliged to pay taxes and fees to the budget in the amount of 43 thousand rubles. Initially, the total amount of clai…
https://en.topwar.ru/259452-s-vinovnicy-gibeli-voenkora-vlad…
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Claim 6: “A court in St. Petersburg has ordered that Darya Trepova, previously convicted for killing Maxim Fomin (Vladlen Tatarsky) in a terrorist attack, pay 150,000 rubles ($1,890) to a local woman in material and moral damages suffered as a result of the terrorist act, said Darya Lebedeva, head of the joint press service of the city courts.”
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Multiple web search results report that a St. Petersburg court ordered Darya Trepova to pay damages to a local woman following the terrorist attack. One source specifies the amount as 150,000 rubles ($1,890).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 2 April 2023, a bombing occurred in the Street Food Bar No.1 café on Universitetskaya Embankment in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky, real name Maxim Fomin, died …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Vladlen_Tatar…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Darya Yevgenyevna Trepova (Russian: Дарья Евгеньевна Трепова; born 16 February 1997) is a Russian political activist and convicted terrorist from St. Petersburg.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darya_Trepova
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Maxim Yuryevich Fomin (25 April 1982 – 2 April 2023), better known as Vladlen Tatarsky, was a Ukrainian-born Russian military blogger, propagandist, convicted bank robber, and participant in the Russo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladlen_Tatarsky
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Claim 7: “Later, the Military Court of Appeal upheld the verdict of both defendants.”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 8: “According to the state prosecution, in April 2023, Trepova, following the instructions of curators from Ukraine Roman Popkov and Yury Denisov, brought a statuette filled with explosives to a cafe on the University Embankment in St. Petersburg and handed it to Tatarsky.”
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Multiple web search results corroborate the allegation that Trepova brought an explosive statuette to the cafe on the University Embankment and handed it to Tatarsky, and that this was allegedly done following instructions from individuals associated with Ukraine.
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web search NEUTRAL — While Ms. Trepova admitted bringing the statuette to the cafe, she told the court in St. Petersburg that she was just the messenger, according to Mediazona, a Russian news outlet. It reported that Ms.…
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/25/world/europe/russia-trepo…
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web search NEUTRAL — Investigators allege that Trepova, acting at the behest of Ukraine, brought a “statuette filled with explosives” to the venue and handed it to Tatarsky.
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/04/europe/st-petersburg-expl…
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web search NEUTRAL — St. Petersburg real estate agent and war supporter Eduard Omelchenko, who was present at the event, told The Moscow Times he remembered Trepova pointing at the statuette and joking: “That is not a bom…
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/04/05/eyewitnesses-descr…
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Claim 9: “The court found Kasintsev guilty of harboring Trepova after the terrorist attack.”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 10: “She asked for a sum of 130,000 rubles from Trepova, and 20,000 from Kasintsev.”
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The specific amounts sought (130,000 rubles from Trepova and 20,000 rubles from Kasintsev) are reported in the web search results, but there is no corroboration from other independent sources to confirm these exact figures.
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web search NEUTRAL — 20000 Russian Rubles is 739.03758448 Belarusian rubles as of 03:08 PM 04-02-2026. At Myfin online currency converter you can find 20,000 RUB to BYN chart, exchange rate stats and other historical info…
https://myfin.us/currency-converter/rub-byn/20000
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web search NEUTRAL — Get the latest 1 Russian Ruble to Tunisian Dinar rate for FREE with the original Universal Currency Converter. Set rate alerts for RUB to TND and learn more about Russian Rubles and Tunisian Dinars fr…
https://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=1&From=…
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web search NEUTRAL — Later, Darya noticed that she received 17,000 rubles to her Bitcoin wallet and, as she says, was very surprised — as Popkov explained, it was a thank you for her help. “I even joked with Khavanova: lo…
https://en.zona.media/article/2024/02/06/trepova-trl
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Claim 11: “She said that the Pushkin Court of St. Petersburg considered another civil lawsuit against Trepova from debt collector organization NAO PKB. As follows from the case file, the defendant did not repay an earlier loan.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that the Pushkin Court of St. Petersburg considered a civil lawsuit against Trepova from the debt collector organization NAO PKB regarding an unpaid loan.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (6 June [O.S. 26 May] 1799 – 10 February [O.S. 29 January] 1837) was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era. He is considered by many to be the grea…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pushkin
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pushkin (Russian: Пу́шкин) is a municipal town in Pushkinsky District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia, located 24 kilometers (15 mi) south from the center of St. Petersburg proper, and i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pushkin,_Saint_Petersburg
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Saint Petersburg is known as the cultural centre of Russia. Its best known museum is the Hermitage.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_and_culture_in_Saint_P…
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Claim 12: “The explosive device was detonated by her accomplices remotely via a mobile connection.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results or cross-references to confirm that Trepova's accomplices remotely detonated the explosive device via a mobile connection.
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Claim 13: “"Now Daria Evgenievna owes 68,205.69 rubles in debt and 4,000 rubles in state taxes to NAO PKB," Lebedeva said.”
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The specific amounts (68,205.69 rubles in debt and 4,000 rubles in state taxes) are reported in the web search results, but the evidence does not provide enough independent confirmation to corroborate this precise financial detail across multiple sources.
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web search NEUTRAL — Darya Yevgenyevna Trepova[a] (Russian: Дарья Евгеньевна Трепова; born 16 February 1997) is a Russian political activist and convicted terrorist from St. Petersburg.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darya_Trepova
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web search NEUTRAL — The terrorist Daria Trepova owed the state almost 270k rubles. These are contributions for an Ipshka for 96k and an unpaid communal apartment at 170k.
https://knews.media/2025/04/04/the-terrorist-daria-trepova-o…
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web search NEUTRAL — The debt owed by Trepova is divided into two significant categories: 96 thousand rubles in unpaid contributions for her status as an individual entrepreneur, and a substantial 170 thousand rubles for …
https://clearstory.news/2025/04/01/terrorist-owing-state-ove…
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