Human rights defender Igor Nagavkin has been released.

Igor Nagavkin was released from a general regime colony in Kamyshin, having served the full two-year sentence for organizing the work of the pre-trial detention center.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", the administration of the Kamyshin general regime colony, where Igor Nagavkin served his sentence, placed him in a punishment cell for 15 days on August 21, until September 4.

On the morning of October 9, Igor Nagavkin walked out of the gates of colony No. 15, located in the city of Kamyshin in the Volgograd region. He was met by friends, with whom he went home to Kalach-na-Donu.

In Volgograd, they had to stay longer because they had to wait in a two-hour line at the gas station. Igor arrived home only in the evening.

"First of all, I plan to restore my health. My chronic illnesses worsened in the colonies. I will undergo a medical examination," said Igor Nagavkin to a correspondent of "Caucasian Knot."

After his release, the human rights defender also recorded a short video, thanking everyone who supported him. "I am free. Thank you all very much for your support. Now I will get settled, see what is happening here, because the news we watched there does not correspond to real life. So for now, I will get settled and orient myself," Nagavkin said in the recording published by the ZPCh Telegram channel.

On September 28, 2016, the police came to Nagavkin with a search warrant, accusing him of stealing jewelry, and detained him. According to the investigation, Nagavkin, along with "unidentified individuals," allegedly broke into a pawnshop, but could not steal anything due to circumstances beyond their control. The police did not present any fingerprints or witnesses to the "theft." Details of the case are collected in the reference material of the "Caucasian Knot" "Main about the arrests and releases of Igor Nagavkin".