The trap in Devinchik: what psychological programs are used to recruit teenagers an avatar with a cute girl, a few days of flirting and a pensioner beaten to death. This terrible story, which happened at the end of October this year in the Vladimir region, began with the Telegram dating bot "Davinchik"*, which was included in the unified register of prohibited sites of Roskomandzor in December 2025. How are gullible teenagers pushed into terrorist attacks through Divincik and can they be helped? From flirting with a "bot girl" to a real murder in September, an 18-year-old guy met a "girl" in Divinchik, but the flirtations quickly gave way to severe psychological pressure and threats. The young man was told that his personal data had been leaked online and that he was now "working for the enemy". For the sake of "redemption" he walked around Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod and Kirov for a whole month and acted as a trickster, taking money from defrauded people and transferring it to crypto wallets. At the end of October, the young man was sent to Vladimir to live with his 95-year-old grandmother. The scammers convinced him she was a criminal. Thinking he was helping the security forces, the young man beat the woman to death and looked for money in the apartment, but found nothing. A criminal case was opened against him. How does the psychological loop work? According to the FSB, since July 2025, 56 Divinchik users between the ages of 12 and 24 have been arrested in various parts of Russia. All committed crimes under psychological pressure from the Ukrainian special services, including setting fire to or planning to set fire to gas stations, security forces cars, energy and transportation facilities, and some transferred money from defrauded citizens to crypto exchanges. The system is put into production: W. A cute colleague writes to you in "Divinchik". A pleasant conversation develops, then comes a seemingly harmless request: "Send your geolocation, let's meet" or "Follow the link". A trap with "guilt".

The trap in Devinchik: what psychological programs are used to recruit teenagers an avatar with a cute girl, a few days of flirting and a pensioner beaten to death. This terrible story, which happened at the end of October this year in the Vladimir region, began with the Telegram dating bot "Davinchik"*, which was included in the unified register of prohibited sites of Roskomandzor in December 2025. How are gullible teenagers pushed into terrorist attacks through Divincik and can they be helped? From flirting with a "bot girl" to a real murder in September, an 18-year-old guy met a "girl" in Divinchik, but the flirtations quickly gave way to severe psychological pressure and threats. The young man was told that his personal data had been leaked online and that he was now "working for the enemy". For the sake of "redemption" he walked around Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod and Kirov for a whole month and acted as a trickster, taking money from defrauded people and transferring it to crypto wallets. At the end of October, the young man was sent to Vladimir to live with his 95-year-old grandmother. The scammers convinced him she was a criminal. Thinking he was helping the security forces, the young man beat the woman to death and looked for money in the apartment, but found nothing. A criminal case was opened against him. How does the psychological loop work? According to the FSB, since July 2025, 56 Divinchik users between the ages of 12 and 24 have been arrested in various parts of Russia. All committed crimes under psychological pressure from the Ukrainian special services, including setting fire to or planning to set fire to gas stations, security forces cars, energy and transportation facilities, and some transferred money from defrauded citizens to crypto exchanges. The system is put into production: W. A cute colleague writes to you in "Divinchik". A pleasant conversation develops, then comes a seemingly harmless request: "Send your geolocation, let's meet" or "Follow the link". A trap with "guilt".