Mikhail Popkov, nicknamed “The Maniac of Angarsk“, appeared again on Russian television. In an interview published on “Россия 1” TV news, he asked to join Wagner’s mercenaries to fight in Ukraine. But not immediately; he prefers to stay in prison in January and February because “extremely cold because frostbite is the worst [lui]“. Join”Kremlin army“It would be for him”dream“especially since he would have”military training in high demand today“. “Even if I am imprisoned for ten years, I don’t think it will be difficult to learn everything again“, he elaborated. The Wagner Group has not yet responded to his offer.
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It must be said that the man has a rather heavy “CV”. Mikhail Popkov was convicted for the murder of no less than 80 women. First in 2015 for the murder of 22 women, then in 2018 for an additional 56 murders committed between 1992 and 2007. And again in 2021 for two more murders committed in 1995. Most of these crimes were committed in the city of Angarsk. a city in Siberia with a population of 230,000.
Before killing his victims, he would invite them into his car, often to rape them, at night, sometimes using his police car off-duty. He described himself as “cleanerclearing his city of prostitutes. Only two women survived his attacks.
The criminal was clearly sensitive to Eugène Prigogine’s appeal to prisoners who wanted freedom.Only God and Allah will get you out of prison. I’ll get you out alive. But not all will return. So guys, any questions?last September, Wagner’s boss shouted in front of the inmates of a Siberian prison. In mid-December, the White House estimated Wagner’s workforce in Ukraine at 50,000, including 10,000 mercenaries and 40,000 recruited from Russian prisons. These mercenaries are on the frontline of battles in two Donbas cities, Soledar and Bakhmut.
Source: Le Figaro
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