A court in Moscow approved the sentence for the defendant in the “palace case” Vyacheslav Igumnov - five years in prison

The Moscow City Court approved the verdict of the defendant in the “palace case” Vyacheslav Igumnov. This is what the project “Prisoners 212” is about.

reports on January 12 Igumnov to five years in prison. He was found guilty under articles of hooliganism (Part 2 of Article 213 of the Criminal Code) and the use of violence against government officials that is not dangerous to life and health (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code).

sentenced According to investigators, on January 23, 2021, at a rally in support of Alexei Navalny, he lit a fire and threw it at police officers. February 1 of a young man. According to the case materials, after this Igumnov “fully admitted his guilt and repented of what he had done.”

Igumnov was arrested in early April about torture after his arrest. “They detained me right outside my house in front of my mother on her birthday. When they dragged me into the car, they started mocking me and filming me. Then, when they found out that I worked in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, they began to beat me with shockers and say that I was a traitor, and to choke me. I began to ask to be taken away from the house, [because] I heard my mother screaming and crying,” he wrote.

told - In connection with Alexei Navalny, a series of protests took place throughout Russia - the most massive protests took place on January 23 and January 31, 2021. The security forces reacted harshly to the rallies: on January 23 they detained, and on January 31. detention of more than 4,000 people, more than 5,500 - In total, in the wake of protests over the trial of Alexei Navalny, there are cases against more than 170 people across the country, most of the defendants are accused of using violence against government officials that is not dangerous to life and health (Part 1 of Art. 318 CC). aroused