The chairman of the Tomsk branch of the Union of Journalists of Russia said that a source close to the investigation told him that Popov was not only beaten but was also "tortured" and "violated" with a foreign object.
ロシアのジャーナリスト連盟トムスク支所の会長は、「ポポフは叩かれただけでなく、”拷問され”、異物で”冒涜された”と調査に詳しい関係者が話した」と言った。