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Vyacheslav Igumnov
Biography
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
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