Vadim Ignashov
- Criminal Code
- Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war casesExtremism cases
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (open prison colony)
- Date of verdict
- 2022-10-11
- Region
- Primorsky Krai
- City
- Vladivostok
Case summary
Sailor, citizen of Ukraine. Detained between 27 February and 4 March because of publications in social networks. A video was published online in which a man calling himself Vadym Ignashov admits guilt, apologises, and says that Russia and Ukraine are brotherly nations and that Bandera and Nazis have no place among civilians. On 5 March, he was taken into custody. According to unconfirmed information, in October 2022 he was sentenced to a year and four months in a penal colony, the same year he was allegedly released.
Others charged under Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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