From Russia with Fear

Who really benefits from war? In this episode of From Russia with Fear , we examine four disturbing cases that reveal corruption, violence, and institutional failure in modern Russia. A senior Defense Ministry official responsible for feeding Russian troops is arrested on fraud charges. A repeat offender turned contract soldier receives a lengthy prison sentence after trapping people inside a burn...

In this episode of From Russia with Fear , we look at three disturbing stories from Russia: convicted killers who burned a man alive in a grave and were later sent to fight instead of serving their prison terms; a 14-year-old girl from Buryatia allegedly beaten by women in New Moscow; and a five-year-old girl in Tyumen saved from a suspected rapist by a passing woman. These cases show how violence...

In this episode of From Russia with Fear , we cover four disturbing crime stories from different Russian regions: a brutal family massacre in the Tula region, an attack on a schoolgirl by a convicted serviceman in Chita, a 29-year-old triple murder case allegedly linked to a former police officer, and the attempted killing of a 13-year-old boy on a street in Kazan. These cases show how violence ca...

In this episode of From Russia with Fear , we examine four disturbing cases that reveal the darker consequences of war, violence, and social breakdown in modern Russia. An 11-year-old girl narrowly escapes an attempted abduction and sexual assault by a former Wagner fighter. A decorated veteran is arrested after threatening to kill police officers and their families during a bizarre outburst in a...

What happened to Andrey Kiyko, the notorious "Sosnovsky Maniac"? Russian authorities recently announced a search for the convicted serial killer, but new reports suggest he may have been killed months ago while fighting in Ukraine after being released from prison through a military contract. In this episode of From Russia with Fear , we examine the strange disappearance of one of Russia's most inf...

In this episode of From Russia with Fear , we examine three stories that reveal the strange and troubling realities of modern Russia. A convicted serial killer known as the "Sosnovka Maniac" was released from prison to fight in Ukraine and has now disappeared after escaping from a military hospital. Meanwhile, a Moscow bar employee receives more than three years in prison over a social media post...

An 18-year-old student in Lipetsk spends months planning the brutal murder of his own father with the help of his best friend. A former Russian deputy defense minister loses assets worth 5.5 billion rubles in one of the country’s biggest corruption scandals. And across Russia, Muslim scholars and religious leaders are arrested under terrorism charges tied to the Muslim Brotherhood. In this episode...

In this episode of From Russia with Fear , we examine three shocking stories that reveal how violence is becoming part of everyday life in modern Russia. A former soldier returning from the war in Ukraine brutally attacks his ex-girlfriend with a knife, a signal pistol, and acid after months of stalking and threats. In Saint Petersburg, a Mariinsky Theatre performer shoots an 11-year-old boy for p...

In this episode of From Russia with Fear , we examine a series of disturbing stories that reveal how violence and impunity are becoming normalized across Russia. A man in Saint Petersburg is beaten to death with a sledgehammer by his neighbor during a коммуналка dispute. A notorious “black realtor” gang leader who once murdered people for apartments dies after being released from prison to fight i...

In this episode of From Russia with Fear , we examine three disturbing stories that reveal the growing chaos inside Russia. A fake police officer in Moscow uses a forged МВД badge to manipulate and rape an 18-year-old girl during a fabricated “undercover operation.” Meanwhile, former Russian officials convicted of corruption are avoiding prison by signing military contracts and heading to the war...

A convicted killer escapes the front line, beats another man to death, and then asks to return to war again. In Saint Petersburg, investigators uncover a scheme exploiting desperate Russians and stealing military payments from soldiers heading to Ukraine. And in Bashkortostan, police solve a chilling murder hidden with chains and concrete in the style of Russia’s violent 1990s. In this episode of...

A land dispute in southern Russia ends with two men burned alive inside a locked bathhouse. A deserter murders the widow of a dead soldier to steal millions in compensation payments. And in Moscow, two police officers are sentenced after raping a teenage girl inside a patrol car. In this episode of From Russia with Fear , we examine three shocking criminal cases exposing violence, corruption, gree...

A teenage argument in Saint Petersburg turns into a near-fatal stabbing after a 15-year-old boy is attacked 25 times in a parking lot. In another shocking case, a Russian war veteran threatens to kill his wife and decapitate police officers — yet walks free with a suspended sentence. And near Moscow, an unknown shooter opens fire on teenagers sitting quietly outside, wounding a 14-year-old boy wit...

In this episode of From Russia with Fear , we uncover three shocking stories from modern Russia. A two-year-old girl named Sonya was locked inside a wooden coffin-like box by her own parents and slowly starved to death in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. Investigators say the child was unwanted, isolated, barely fed, and hidden from the world until she died from exhaustion. Then, we look at the case of an SVO...

In this episode of From Russia with Fear , we examine several shocking cases that reveal the growing violence and dysfunction inside modern Russia. A brutal family massacre in Buryatia leaves a mother and her teenage daughter dead after a stepfather carried out a horrifying attack in front of a small child. In Novorossiysk, an 8-year-old boy dies after visiting a private clinic, where doctors alle...

A former Russian deputy minister escapes to the United States as fraud investigations begin. A serviceman beats a man to death and walks free after a military court calls it “negligence.” A former Wagner fighter stabs two men in Moscow — and immediately asks to return to the front instead of prison. In this episode of From Russia with Fear, we examine how corruption, war, and violence are becoming...

In this episode, we cover a disturbing string of events in Russia, including a rising wave of school shootings, a wrongful police detention that left a teenager injured, and a major corruption case involving a former deputy defense minister. We examine the details of each incident, their societal impact, and the growing calls for accountability and reform within Russia’s institutions. Tune in for...

In today’s episode, we explore three chilling stories from Russia. A neighbor’s intervention saves five children from severe neglect in Ufa. A deadly argument over a cigarette ends in murder in the Moscow region. And in Pskov, a postal worker embezzles over a million rubles to cover mounting debts. Tune in for a raw look at the darker side of life in Russia.

In this episode of From Russia with Fear, we examine a series of horrifying crimes shaking Russia. A father in the Moscow region faces 23 years in prison after allegedly beating his five-month-old daughter to death because she was crying. Another man in Novouralsk killed his two-month-old son in a similar attack. We also look at the sentencing of former spetsnaz fighter Nikolai Trushkov, part of a...

In this episode of From Russia with Fear , we investigate four shocking crime stories from modern Russia. A serial killer accused of brutal murders from the 1980s and 1990s escaped trial by signing a military contract and going to war in Ukraine. One year later, he was dead. We also cover the case of a pardoned ex-convict and war veteran sentenced for torturing his partner and her 10-year-old son...

A pregnant Russian woman is sentenced to six years in prison after defending herself from a violent assault. Fighters connected to the volunteer military unit “Española” are arrested in a weapons trafficking investigation. And a scammer who exploited the fear of a soldier’s mother receives only a suspended sentence. In this episode of From Russia with Fear, we look at how war is changing life insi...

In this episode of From Russia with Fear, we examine three shocking stories that reveal how violence, celebrity privilege, and war are reshaping Russia’s justice system. Russian rapper Guf avoids punishment after a violent fight with a National Guard officer inside a Moscow-area bathhouse. The victim accepted compensation and the criminal case was closed — reportedly because the rapper needed to c...

In this episode of From Russia with Fear , we investigate the arrest of Alexander Gavrilov, the director of Russia’s Krasmash factory — the plant responsible for producing Sarmat nuclear-capable ballistic missiles. Authorities accuse him of embezzlement and possible bribery inside one of the Kremlin’s most important military enterprises. We also cover the horrifying discovery of a dismembered man’...

In this episode of From Russia with Crime , we tell the story of a devastating car crash in Russia’s Belgorod region that killed an entire family — and the soldier responsible who never faced prison. In June 2024, Nikolai Ostryakov lost control of his car and collided with a vehicle carrying two parents and their three children. Three people died, including a one-year-old girl. Two children surviv...

In this episode of From Russia with Crime , we uncover a series of shocking and deeply disturbing cases from across the country. A businessman receives 22 years in prison for the brutal murder of a federal judge — a crime driven by jealousy that escalated into extreme violence. In another case, a resident who challenged his building’s management company becomes the target of a contract killing — b...