A resident of Kuban convicted under the terrorism article died in pre-trial detention.

Igor Yakovenko, who was serving a five-year sentence for intending to travel to Ukraine and join a banned organization in Russia, died in the Krasnodar pre-trial detention center, where he was returned in connection with a new criminal case.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", a military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Igor Yakovenko, accused of intending to travel from Kuban to Ukraine and join a banned organization in Russia.

According to the court's decision, Yakovenko spent the first two years in prison in the city of Yelets. There, a new case was initiated against him; according to security officials, they found a poem with obscene language and calls to kill military personnel.

Due to this, he was transferred to pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Krasnodar, writes "Mediazona".*

In prison, Yakovenko "began to experience episodes of high blood pressure and severe headaches" and his vision started to deteriorate. Just a few days before his death, after being transferred to Krasnodar, he underwent an examination and was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. As a result, he was returned to the pre-trial detention center "for palliative care," the publication states.

* included by the Ministry of Justice of Russia in the register of foreign agents.

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