Today the Military Court in Russia sentenced 23-year-old former serviceman Stanislav Ionkin to 20 years in a strict regime prison in the case of the fire in the Kostroma nightclub “Polygon”.
He was found guilty under articles on murder, hooliganism, deliberate injury to health and destruction of property. Ionkin did not admit guilt.
The fire in the club occurred on the night of November 4-5. As a result, 13 people died. According to investigators, Ionkin during a fight with other visitors fired several times from a flare gun, hitting the ceiling. After that, a fire started.
Ionkin’s relatives said that shortly before the incident, the man had returned from the war in Ukraine, where he was concussed.
Today it also became known that Ionkin said that after the sentence came into force, he intends to go “to the special operation zone to participate in combat operations”.
