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Last October, Olga Pavlova, a pensioner from Novgorod in northwest Russia, nearly fell ill when neighbors showed her a video of her identifying her brother’s killer with three men. All ex-criminals were conscripted to fight in prison in Ukraine. All four were amputated, of course, on the way back from the front, but alive, free, pardoned and warmly congratulated by the very man who enlisted them, Yevgeny Prigogine, the mercenary leader of the Wagner group. Ten years ago, Stanislav Bogdanov, now 35, murdered 32-year-old judge Sergey Zhiganov in cold blood at his home after torturing him overnight with pokers to extract money and PIN codes from bank cards. Early in the morning, Bogdanov finished off his victim by striking him three times over the head as a man. He was sentenced to twenty-three years in prison, but he will not…
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Source: Le Figaro
I am David Wyatt, a professional writer and journalist for Buna Times. I specialize in the world section of news coverage, where I bring to light stories and issues that affect us globally. As a graduate of Journalism, I have always had the passion to spread knowledge through writing.