Telegram channel “Ostorozhno, novosti” released footage of beaten people and confirmed that in videos of beaten detained Russians there are Russian IT workers and businessmen. The footage shows that they were badly beaten. It is impossible to identify some of the detainees because of bruises and hematomas on their faces, TG channel reported. 

"The first in the row is 40-year-old businessman Anton Drachyov. In Russia, he is known as the co-founder of online dry-cleaner Airo. Before launching his business, he was head of IT development at hedge fund Red Star Asset Management, but left there to become director of his own company. Venture funds MTS and T-Investments invested in the startup. One person away from him is 30-year-old developer Dmitry Bezugly - he graduated from St. Petersburg's ITMO and worked at VK and Yandex. What they were doing in Azerbaijan is unknown," the channel writes.