Personal Information
- Birth date
- 4 нояб. 1988 г. (37 years old)
- Special circumstances
- illness
- Notes
- As a result of an injury, one vertebra was destroyed and replaced with a prosthesis, at the time of arrest he was collecting medical documents for the VTEK and undergoing treatment, the investigator seized the medical documents, medicines are not given in the SIZO without an internal appointment, and they do not conduct their own examination
Yakunichev Igor Aleksandrovich
Case Information
- Region of case initiation:
- Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
- Detention date:
- 15 июн. 2023 г.
- Charges:
- Art. 280.3 CC RF Part 1, Art. 207.3 CC RF Part 2 cl. d, Art. 205.2 CC RF Part 2, Art. 280.4 CC RF Part 2 cl. v
- Sentence:
- 12 years general regime
- Estimated release date:
- 25 авг. 2035 г.
- Case categories:
- Justification of terrorism, Freedom of speech, Anti-war case, Freedom of Russia Legion
- Rosfinmonitoring status:
- Added 5 сент. 2024 г.
Case Description
In May 2023 (the exact date is unknown), a criminal case was opened in the village of Pangody, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, for 'fakes' about the Russian army against local resident Igor Yakunichev, 34. Russian army crimes in Bucha were the subject of criminal prosecution due to publications on VKontakte. In June 2023, a search was conducted at his home. Yakunichev was beaten during his detention, but released after questioning under a ban on certain actions. At the end of December 2023, another criminal case was opened against Yakunichev - for justifying terrorism. The reason for the criminal prosecution was a video publication about the "Freedom of Russia" legion. On March 31, 2024, it became known that another case was opened against Yakunichev - for repeated "discrediting" of the RF army. The reason for the criminal prosecution was video testimonies from eyewitnesses of the shooting of Vasily Avdeev, a resident of the Kyiv village of Beresovka, by Russian soldiers, published on VKontakte." Earlier, in June 2023, Yakunichev was fined in a case of an administrative offense under the article on discrediting the army due to the fact that he filmed a video about a memorial with a T-54 tank, which is located in the village. Yakunichev believed that placing the letter "Z" on the memorial falls under the article on violating the law on the protection of cultural heritage sites. On April 1, 2024, a repeat search was conducted at Yakunichev's house, after which the man was forcibly hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital. The court judge Tatiana Antonova of the Nadym City Court of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug granted the investigation's petition to place him in a medical facility for the purpose of conducting an examination in February 2024. On May 3, 2024, the Salekhard City Court sent Yakunichev to a pre-trial detention center. On September 5, 2025, the Central Military District Court found Igor Yakunchikov guilty and sentenced him to 12 years in prison to be served in a general regime correctional colony.
Contact Information
Mailing Address
Якуничев Игорь Александрович, 4 ноября 1988 г. ФКУ СИЗО-4 ГУФСИН России по Свердловской области, адрес: 624860, Россия, Свердловская обл., г. Камышлов, ул. Урицкого, д. 16Б связь через: ФСИН-письмо; Зонателеком
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