VChK-OGPU and Rucriminal.info continue to report on the "antics" of our long-time hero, Maxim Rudik, the head of the Internal Security Directorate of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow, and his friend (also a regular), Sergei Kobozev, "the most honest traffic cop" (according to the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs), commander of the 2nd Internal Security Directorate of the Traffic Police.
Since 2020, Grigory Devyatkin, a "longtime acquaintance" of Rudik's, has served as an operative in the Moscow Internal Security Directorate as an operative in the operational department. They both began their service as lieutenants in the criminal investigation department of the New Moscow Internal Affairs Directorate in 2014/15.
According to a VChK-OGPU source, they had already developed a conflictual and hostile relationship by that time, stemming from Devyatkin's suspicions of Rudik's involvement in the protection racket for illegal dormitories and hostels housing migrants. And these suspicions were not unfounded. Events unfolded as follows.
One day, officers from the homicide department of the Internal Affairs Directorate, where Devyatkin served, while working on yet another murder, discovered that the suspects were living in one of the illegal dormitories in New Moscow.
The detectives discovered that the dormitory was full of people. A search warrant was obtained, and, on orders from management, Rudik, the person "in charge" of this line, was informed of the planned activities.
However, imagine the homicide department officers' outrage when they discovered the dormitory completely empty the next morning. Devyatkin told Rudik to his face what he thought of him, and this marked the beginning of their conflict.
Then fate brought them together at the Internal Security Directorate (USB), where the conflict intensified due to Rudik's constant involvement in corruption schemes, of which Devyatkin was well aware. Moreover, he was careless enough to directly express his dissatisfaction to Rudik.
When, in 2024, the possibility of Rudik's appointment as head of the Moscow Internal Security Directorate became real, Devyatkin did not want to serve under Rudik. He attempted to transfer to the Main Directorate of Internal Security (GUSB) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.
Rudik, learning of the planned transfer and realizing the significant risks it carried, orchestrated the following scheme.
On his instructions, Kobozev selected two "obligated" traffic police inspectors, Kurilyuk and Davydov, who had previously been implicated in corruption cases and later cleared by Rudik.
The inspectors were given information about Devyatkin's daily routine, what kind of car he drove, etc.
On November 5, 2024, Devyatkin's car was stopped right in front of the Internal Security Directorate building by inspectors keeping watch. Over the course of six hours, three administrative charges were fabricated against him for traffic violations he had not actually committed.
The purpose of this provocation was to persuade Devyatkin to submit a resignation letter and initiate an internal investigation if he refused.
Devyatkin refused the dubious offer to resign from the agency. As a result, on November 6, 2024, an internal investigation was ordered against him, with the explanation "for traffic violations committed."
Devyatkin then entered into an open confrontation with Rudik and Kobozev, writing various petitions, statements, appeals, and filing complaints in court, causing them serious inconvenience. Rudik and Kobozev responded to this with repeated provocations, targeting Devyatkin for the purpose of fabricating further administrative charges.
At the end of 2024, realizing his inevitable dismissal from the force on unjust grounds, Devyatkin applied for a transfer to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the DPR. Rudik blocked this transfer by concealing the request received by the Moscow Main Directorate of Internal Affairs.
Ultimately, on April 11, 2025, Police Major Devyatkin was dismissed from the force for misconduct that discredited an officer, namely: rude interaction with those same traffic police officers, failure to provide residence information to human resources, ignoring Rudik's instructions to remove the window tint from his car, and leaving the office where the administrative charges were being processed (six hours after they were prepared) without permission.
But Devyatkin's adventures didn't end there. On Rudik's orders, operational materials against him are falsified and a case is opened, under which active investigations are launched against him, his family members, and loved ones.
Information obtained during the investigation regarding Devyatkin's communications and his location are regularly passed on to Kobozev, after which, on April 24, the traffic police inspectors subordinate to him stage another provocation against Devyatkin, presumably with the aim of falsifying the results of his medical examination.
At the same time, Rudik and his subordinates are actively reviewing the files and materials Devyatkin was working on, seeking leads for initiating a criminal case.
Realizing the risk of being sent to pretrial detention on a fabricated criminal charge, Devyatkin leaves Russia. But Rudik isn't satisfied with this, turning his attention to members of his family, including his ex-wife, a mother of many children, actively involving her in the investigation.
