Human rights activist Nagavkin is challenging the findings of the investigation into the theft case in court.

The Kalachevsky District Court in the Volgograd Region rejected the claim of human rights activist Igor Nagavkin, who alleged fraudulent actions by the victim in a jewelry theft case. Nagavkin plans to appeal this decision in the regional court.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," in September 2024, the Volgograd Regional Court increased Igor Nagavkin's sentence for disrupting the work of a pretrial detention facility, changing his suspended sentence to two years in a penal colony. On April 4, Nagavkin's lawyer filed a complaint to the Supreme Court of Russia. In May 2026, his sister reported that Nagavkin was being given psychotropic medication in solitary confinement, which alarmed his loved ones.

On May 19, the Kalachevsky District Court of the Volgograd Region considered the lawsuit filed by human rights activist Igor Nagavkin. The lawsuit challenged the results of the investigation into a theft case in which Nagavkin was accused but did not admit guilt: he stated that the stolen jewelry was planted on him by investigators during a search of his apartment. Later, during the transfer of the stolen items to the victim, she, according to Igor Nagavkin, who entered false information into documents and intentionally inflated the amount of damages. The court previously ordered Nagavkin to compensate the victim in the amount of three million rubles.

Present in the courtroom were Judge Svetlana Dyakonova, the prosecutor, and the plaintiff's sister, Natalya Shishlina. Igor Nagavkin participated in the hearing via video link and did not have a lawyer. "Igor looks great." "He speaks clearly, cheerfully, and is friendly with the judge," Natalya Shishlina told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent during the court hearing. She explained that Igor is disputing the inventory report compiled by the victim. According to Shishlina, he found discrepancies between the list of items planted on him and subsequently seized by law enforcement and the list of property later transferred to the victim. He is disputing the inventory report, which lists the price per gram and the declared value, as well as the movement of invoices within the store. The court previously ordered him to compensate the victim for damages in the amount of 3 million rubles, and they have already begun deducting this amount from him. Igor has reported fraudulent activity against him. "He's preparing documents for the cassation court based on the appellate decision," said Natalya Shishlina.

The plaintiff's sister cited Nagavkin's arguments, which he presented to the court: for example, Igor stated that the stolen goods were transferred to the victim according to a list. The victim accepted the goods, but there were "significant discrepancies in the weight, composition, and value of the items." "She (the victim) appropriated someone else's goods and then filed for damages." "I demand an additional investigation," Nagavkin's sister reported.

The prosecutor disagreed with Igor's arguments. Following the hearing, the judge denied Nagavkin's claim. "Igor will appeal this decision on appeal," stated Natalya Shishlina.

The relative noted that Nagavkin's detention conditions had been relaxed; on May 19, he was transferred from the punishment cell to a cell-type facility. She also noted that the psychotropic medications prescribed by the prison doctor are also being used on other prisoners whose rights Igor Nagavkin is trying to protect. "They gave the alcoholics (psychotropic medication) to calm them down," he explained in a conversation with his sister.