A repeat murderer who left prison to fight at the beginning of the war in Ukraine and who, on his return from the front raped and killed an old womanit was once again released for the second time fight. A scandal that shows the enormous difficulties Vladimir Putin faces in recruiting Russian citizens to fight against Ukrainian troops.
“My grandmother’s killer has once again escaped punishment for his crime and has gone to fight in the war,” the victim’s granddaughter said. Anna Pekarevain an interview with BBC.
The murderer, Ivan Rossomakhinwas released in 2022 from a Russian prison, where he was serving a sentence 14 years in prison for another murder, join the ranks of the mercenary group Wagner.
A few months later, after fighting on the front, the Russian authorities allowed him to return home to the Vyatskiye Polyany district of the Kirov region of Russia. There, a few weeks later, attacked, raped and killed 85-year-old woman Yuliain his own residence.
In April this year, Rossomakhin was convicted of the rape and murder of an elderly woman and sentenced to 22 years in prison in a high-security prison, then increased to 23 years.
However, according to his granddaughter Anna, the prison director has now informed the family that The murderer was released again, on August 19, to return to the front fight against Ukrainian troops.
The prison director signed the decision based on a specific Russian law that allows the armed forces to recruit prisoners to fight in the war in Ukraine.
Turning to very dangerous convicts proves, in the eyes of the murdered woman’s granddaughter, that The Russian army is in desperate need of new recruits. “The authorities do not care about peaceful civilians if they allow those who have committed serious crimes to be exonerated and released from prison. This shows us that no one can feel safe in Russia,” he denounced in statements to the British channel.
A screenshot from a video released by Ukrainian forces showing several Russian soldiers traveling to the Kursk region.
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Moreover, what the victim’s family fears most is that the criminal, once again free, will take reprisals against them. “If he comes back, he will try to get revenge for our efforts to have him sentenced to life in prison. It scares me to know that he is not the only one. Even if he does not come back, how many more murderers and psychopaths are there?
Faced with this insecurity, Ana Pekareva is considering leaving the country and adds that other members of her family are going into hiding to avoid reprisals.
