Russia is suffering a wave of murders from convicts freed to fight in Vladimir Putin‘s war who then return home to continue their life of crime.
Other fighters have become twisted by the brutality of the frontline and kill once they get back to their families.
Still more fighters have been detained for sexual violence against children.
Platoon commander Alexander Mameyev, 44, returned home from the war was detained on suspicion of stabbing his wife Ekaterina to death in front of their sons aged seven and eight.
His children had to be hospitalised suffering from shock.
Volunteer fighter Alexander Mamayev, 44, is suspected of stabbing his wife Ekaterina to death in front of their children (pictured at their wedding)
Sergei Batuyev, 39, who fought in Ukraine and returned in July 2022, is accused of strangling a Chechen war veteran to death
Soldier Sergei Batuyev, 39, a father of three, was detained accused of strangling his friend Denis Shustov, 41, a Chechen war veteran, during a brawl after returning to Udmurtia region from the war.
The crazed fighter planned to feed his remains to pigs, say prosecutors.
Batuyev is currently on trial and faces up to 15 years in jail if convicted.
Ivan Rossomakhin, 28, a Wagner mercenary recruited from jail where he was serving a term for murder, killed his village neighbour Yulia Buiskykh, 85
Sergei Batuyev, 39, who fought in Ukraine and returned in July 2022, strangled his friend Denis Shustov, 41 (pictured with his family)
The father-of-three is currently on trial for the murder of his friend and faces up to 15 years in prison
Wagner private army fighter Ivan Rossomakhin, 28, recruited from jail where he was serving a term for murder, killed his village neighbour Yulia Buiskykh, 85, after being pardoned by Putin on completion of six months at the front.
Another Wagner recruit Georgy Siukayev, 33, is suspected of murder of Soslan Valyiev, 38, a former convict, less than one month after he was pardoned by Putin.
Andrei Yakimov, 49, a volunteer fighter, killed his wife Viktoria Yakimova, 47, a secretary, on his trip home from the war.
One more notorious case was that of Alexander Ionkin, 23, a wounded volunteer, who used a flare gun to start an inferno in a nightclub in November.
Wagner fighter Georgy Siukayev, 33, is suspected of murder of Soslan Valyiev, 38, a former convict
Wagner mercenary and a former convict Georgy Siukayev, 33, is suspected of murder of Soslan Valyiev, 38, a resident of South Ossetia, a breakaway region of Georgia
Georgy Siukayev, 33, who returned home from Ukraine in March 2023, is suspected of murder of Soslan Valyiev, 38, a resident of South Ossetia
Viktoria Yakimova, 47, was ‘shot dead by her husband Andrei Yakimov’ (pictured), 49, when he returned home from Ukraine
Andrei Yakimov (pictured), 49, a volunteer fighter, killed his wife Viktoria Yakimova, 47, a secretary, on a trip home
Alexander Ionkin, 23, a wounded volunteer, used a flare gun to start an inferno in a nightclub in November
Serviceman Stanislav Ionkin, 23, was arrested for shooting a flare gun that started a deadly nightclub fire
A total of 13 people perished in the blaze in Kostromo.
Serviceman Sergei Korshunov was jailed for eight years after stabbing his friend to death during a drinking session on his return from Putin’s war.
The judge gave a lenient sentence because the accused was ‘a participant in a special military operation’ in Ukraine.
A 19 year old soldier Vladislav A is accused of raping a girl, 17, on his first leave from the war.
He was detained in Taganrog.
In Orlov region, a man, 36, who fought for Putin in Ukraine faces up to 20 years in jail after being detained for sexually abusing his stepdaughter, ten, on leave from the war.
The woman claimed that he had become aggressive after returning from the fighting.
Russian serviceman Grigory K. was detained and faces jail for asking girls aged 13, 14 and 15 to send him naked photographs
Evgenyi K., 31, from Buryatia faces 15 years in jail for ‘use of minor to produce pornographic materials’. He asked his girlfriend to send pictures of her 13-year-old daughter
Soldier Evgenyi K – serving in Ukraine – demanded that his girlfriend Nadezhda, 36, send intimate pictures of her underage daughter.
She sent the pictures of the girl, under 14, and now he and the woman face legal action.
A contract soldier named Grigory K was detained for using a false social media ID to demand nude pictures from three girls aged 13, 14 and 15.
He ‘encouraged them to undertake actions of a sexual nature’ and demanded intimate photos.
A Russian captain Alexei Krylov, 33, shot dead a taxi driver during an argument about the war.
The driver Roman Gocasari, 51, died before paramedics arrived.
In Tula, a fighter returning home on leave, beat up the owner of a pizzeria who did not show ‘respect’ to one of Putin’s soldiers.
