Vyacheslav Igumnov
- Criminal Code
- Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 213 part 2 applied with Article 33 part 3, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Cases related to mass actions
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 5 years
- Date of verdict
- 2022-01-12
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
- Address for letters
- 127081, г. Москва, ул. Вилюйская, д. 4, ФКУ СИЗО-4 ГУФСИН России по г. Москве ("Медведь"), Игумнов Вячеслав Сергеевич, 1999 г.р.
Case summary
Detained on 31 January 2021 on charges of hooliganism. On the same day, a video was published in which Igumnov admits guilt. Later Igumnov said that after the detention he was beaten with stun guns and strangled. On 1 February, the court ruled to take him into custody. Later accused of using violence against a representative of the authorities. On 12 January 2022, he was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony. Released in June 2023 on parole
Others charged under Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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