Rostislav Nikitin is a fan of the Dnipro football club.

Rostislav Olegovich Nikitin was born on March 29, 1994 in the city of Dnipro (formerly Dnipropetrovsk). He studied at school No. 62, and also graduated from the Dnipro Lyceum with enhanced military and physical training. His grandmother raised him from his teenage years.

In 2011, Rostislav first came to the general training of the "Dnipro" fan movement, but he started visiting the stands even earlier. Supported the team at home and away matches.

After graduating from the lyceum in 2012, he served for a term in the 79th separate air mobile brigade, by military specialty he was a scout.

With the beginning of the war in the East, he defended the integrity of the country as part of the 25th separate airborne brigade.

Rostislav Nikitin died on July 30, 2014 during an attempt to storm the city of Shakhtarsk (Donetsk region). On that day, the Ukrainian paratroopers were fired upon from Hradivi, simultaneously attacking from an ambush. He was buried at the Krasnopil cemetery of his hometown.

On November 14, 2014, he was awarded the Order "For Courage" III degree (posthumously). On September 1, 2016, a memorial plaque was unveiled on the facade of the school where Rostylav studied. A memorial plaque was also unveiled at the building of the Dnipro Lyceum.