What 18-year-old Vyacheslav Zinchenko told reporters:
- claimed that “Farion did nothing” and “did not kill anyone”; - refused to comment on the attitude towards neo-Nazi movements; - refused to talk about his attitude towards Russia as a state, but stated that he had a “completely negative” attitude towards the ruling regime there; - did not communicate with parents after the arrest; - at the same time, he stated several times that he wanted “interesting questions” from the media, but never explained what exactly he meant.