In St. Petersburg, a woman with Down syndrome was found raped and murdered. Her breasts and lips were torn. Her face was smashed into a mattress. Her killer? A neighbor — and a pardoned war veteran. In the same city, a former Wagner fighter stabbed another woman 13 times. In Perm, a mother and her 7-year-old daughter were murdered by a man once jailed for raping and killing a nurse. He served less than a year before being sent to war. In this devastating episode of From Russia with Crime, we reveal how convicted killers are released from prison, granted weapons, and returned to society with blood still on their hands. The victims? Mostly women. And the war? Still being used as an excuse.
In St. Petersburg, a woman with Down syndrome was found raped and murdered. Her breasts and lips were torn. Her face was smashed into a mattress. Her killer? A neighbor — and a pardoned war veteran. In the same city, a former Wagner fighter stabbed another woman 13 times. In Perm, a mother and her 7-year-old daughter were murdered by a man once jailed for raping and killing a nurse. He served less than a year before being sent to war. In this devastating episode of From Russia with Crime, we reveal how convicted killers are released from prison, granted weapons, and returned to society with blood still on their hands. The victims? Mostly women. And the war? Still being used as an excuse.