Political prisoner with a brain tumor died in a pretrial detention center. Before that, he had reported beatings

Political prisoner with a brain tumor died in a pretrial detention center. Before that, he had reported beatings

Fifty-two-year-old political prisoner Igor Yakovenko died in SIZO-1 in Krasnodar. This was reported by Memorial.

According to the project, Yakovenko had an inoperable brain tumor. A few days before his death, he was examined and returned to the pretrial detention center “for palliative care.” And even before the verdict, it is reported, the man was beaten in the same SIZO.

▶️ Igor Yakovenko’s case

Yakovenko was sentenced to five years in prison in 2025: he was accused of preparing to join the Freedom of Russia Legion.

Yakovenko was serving his sentence in a prison in Yelets when another case was opened against him: because he had allegedly called for killing “Russian soldiers” in his poems. At the same time, Yakovenko’s relatives doubted that the poems had really been written by him. After that, he was transferred to the Krasnodar pretrial detention center.

While still in prison, Yakovenko began suffering severe headaches and bouts of high blood pressure, and his eyesight deteriorated. At the same time, according to Memorial, it was not possible to secure a medical examination.

Igor Yakovenko / Photo: Memorial

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