Russians are afraid of the return of "Wagner" from the war in Ukraine - The Guardian

Recently, the number of appeals to the defenders of women's rights in the Russian Federation has increased significantly. Most of them from the regions where those who survived and potential victims do not believe that the police will intercede for them. The media flew news that in Russia was wanted by a "Wagner", who, after returning from the so -called "his" beat and raped the girl, and now he is wanted by police. This story is only one of the few more and more in the Russian Federation.

Criminals who have been in prison for rape and murder, having gone "Purgatory" at Wagner PEC and, having wrapped in Ukraine for early liberation, begin to return home, which is a lot of frightening Russian women. The country is growing concern that the return of convicted people to society in Ukraine will cause "a wave of murders, rapes and domestic violence," The Guardian writes.

The publication as an example cites the story of Vera Pechteleyeva, who was brutally killed by a former boy, Vladislav Kansus, in 2020. He was informed for hours tortured the girl before she died. The neighbors heard wild cries from the apartment, called the police, but also ignored the call. As a result, the injuries received on the body of the victim were charged 111, she died.

In 2022, the court condemned the king to 17 years in prison for murder, not taking into account the illegal detention and rape. What was the shock of the victim's relatives when unknown mothers of faith were sent two photos from an anonymous account in WhatsApp. They showed a man in military uniform and were accompanied by a message: "Kanus is free, fighting in Ukraine.

" Kanus is one of the tens of thousands of Russian Zecs, which were released early in the battles in Ukraine, who fought at Wagner PEC. Yevgeny Prigogin, the owner of the PEC, personally went to recruit prisoners in the colony. He promised that in six months they would be able to return home without serving the remaining sentence.

When the Pekhtelevs appealed to the prison power with an official request for the Kanus wanted, they were told that he was transferred to the execution service of the Rostov region, which bordered on Ukraine and disappeared. Activists say it is a typical administrative persecution of a prisoner, recruited to participate in hostilities in Ukraine. There are no other good reasons for transfer to Rostov.

"No one can tell us how he was released, no one gave us neither the answer nor explanations," said Pikhtelev. Prigogine's military rebellion on June 23-24 showed that security officers and police would not prevent them. So, it is not necessary for the simple population to count on the protection of the arbitrariness of those who killed people both at home and in Ukraine.

"Putin's experiment with Prigogin is likely to have a significant social impact on Russia in the coming years," British journalists said. These assumptions are due to the fact that among the demobilized "Wagner", the former Zecs, many who were sitting for rape and other crimes against women.

Disappointing prospects are also deepened by the fact that in the Russian Federation violence in the family or threats of violence against women are not seriously perceived and is a completely daily phenomenon. Now, even in cases where criminals have received prison terms, victims and their families live in fear that they will return home much earlier than expected.

Vyacheslav Samoilov from a small town in northern Russia killed 33-year-old Olga Shumin in March 2021, and then dismembered and hid her body. In April 2022, he was imprisoned for nine years and seven months, but now, obviously, he is at large after three months of fighting in Ukraine. Samoilov's mother told reporters in the Arkhangelsk region of Russia that her son fought and was injured in Ukraine and now pardoned.

The woman claims that he was "cleansed before God" thanks to his service in Ukraine. Vadim Tahokh, who killed a 22-year-old Regina Gagiyev in Vladikavkaz in southern Russia in 2019, was to be imprisoned until 2035, but after the fighting in Ukraine he was pardoned, and he returned to Vladikavkaz. There are also those who have been placed in prison for rape or violence whose victims are still alive and are now in danger.

According to Russian activist for the rights of women Alla Popova, they are now receiving a lot of messages from people, especially from the regions who are frightened by the return of yesterday's criminals: "They know that if the men who tormented them will return from this war and start beat again Or even kill, the police will do nothing, because now these men see heroes, not rapists or murderers. They return to a situation where they will now set the rules of the game.