Russian activist Ildar Dadin, who fought in the Armed Forces, was killed near Kharkiv - the media

According to the journalist of Xenia Larina, she learned about the death of an opposition activist from the former Vice President of Gazprombank Igor Volobuyev, who also participates in the war on the side of Ukraine. Russian opposition activist Ildar Dadin, who fought in the Armed Forces, was killed in the Kharkiv region. On October 5, Russian journalist Ksenia Larin reported on the social network X. "I was just informed that Ildar Dadin was killed. In the battle in Kharkiv," the publication reads.

In a comment to "Sotte" the journalist noted that she, in turn, learned about the death of former Vice President Gazprombank Igor Volobuyev, another participant in the war, who referred to the words of Dadin's university. There was no confirmation of the death of the Russian opposition from other sources. Ildar Dadin is a Russian oppositionist and a Ukrainian military, who is considered the first convicted in the Russian Federation for repeated violation of the rules of rallies and pickets.

It has gained wide popularity in Russia after the criminal case is initiated by the relevant, new article for the Russian Federation in 2015. In December 2015, Dadin was sentenced to 3 years in prison, and Amnesty International recognized his conscience. In the Dadin colony, torture and beating by the personnel of the penitentiary and personally of its chief were tortured and beaten, according to the lawyer in the letter of the activist's wife.

In 2023, Dadin found himself in Ukraine and joined the ranks of defense forces. With the call sign "Gandy" he participated in the battles in the "Siberian Battalion", which he told in an interview with "Mediazon". In November 2016, he spoke about torture in Karelskaya VK-7. Other prisoners and their relatives were confirmed by the torture and beating, but the Russian FSVP and the Investigative Committee did not find violations. At the beginning of 2017, the sentence was canceled.