The key facts
- Vadim Savin was beaten and his phone was taken; he admits a possible link to his professional activities
- The information has been registered with police department No. 5, an investigation is underway, no detentions have been reported
- Savin has headed the branch since 2023; the movement helps SVO participants
Attack on the head of the regional branch
Unknown assailants attacked Vadim Savin, head of the Sverdlovsk branch of the Popular Front: he was beaten and his mobile phone was taken. He reported this on his Telegram channel, adding that he does not rule out a connection between the incident and his professional activities. “I was attacked. I was beaten and my phone was taken,” the public figure wrote (according to Life.ru).
Warning to subscribers and police investigation
After the attack, Savin reached out to acquaintances and subscribers with a warning: he asked them not to answer calls from his number and to ignore messages from his accounts, since his phone ended up in the attackers' hands. He said he is currently trying to find out who is behind the incident and what could have been the cause. The city department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs told RIA Novostithat the information has been registered with police department No. 5 and law enforcement officers are conducting an investigation; no information about the identity of the attackers or possible detentions has been received yet.
Who is Vadim Savin
Savin has headed the Sverdlovsk branch of the Popular Front since 2023. Before that, he led the regional headquarters of the Union of Volunteers of Russia and the volunteer center of the Sverdlovsk Region in Makeyevka. The organization collects humanitarian aid for participants in the SVO, supports their families, and helps resolve social problems of residents of the region. The scale of the movement's work is considerable: according to data previously cited by Life.ru, in 2024 the Popular Front organized more than 6,500 trips to deliver aid to the front line, regional branches collected over 10 million items for servicemen, and more than 19 billion rubles were transferred to the “Everything for Victory!” fund. What exactly could have been the motive for the attack remains unknown — the investigation is ongoing.
