Russian General Igor Trifonov died in the war in Ukraine. He used to be the head of the Yekaterinburg police. This was reported by the Russian publication Kommersant.


"The former head of the Yekaterinburg police department, Igor Trifonov, who was sentenced in 2022 to nine and a half years in prison in a case of bribery and illegal possession of weapons, died in the war in Ukraine," the article says.


Igor Trifonov, who was sentenced to nine years in prison in 2022 in a case of bribery and illegal possession of weapons, died in the war in Ukraine. This became known after his wife received information about the general's death on January 2.


According to Trifonov's lawyer, Olga Kezik, the general had been working for a long time to sign a contract with the Russian Defense Ministry and went to war at the end of 2023. The lawyer also added that she has not yet received official documents confirming Trifonov's death.