From Russia with Fear

In this episode of From Russia with Fear , we explore a series of shocking crimes that reveal a deeper pattern — violence driven by money and enabled by impunity. A soldier murders a war widow for compensation payments. A teenager kills for cash after days of planning. A father tries to burn his own family alive. And in Saint Petersburg, teens turn theft into armed нападение. These cases raise one...

In this episode of From Russia with Fear , we examine three chilling cases that reveal a dangerous pattern inside Russia. A man throws his ex-girlfriend from a fifth-floor balcony — survives prosecution by going to war. The government considers making supervision of returning ex-convict soldiers voluntary, despite over a thousand victims already linked to them. And in the Moscow region, a brutal d...

In this episode, we look at a growing and dangerous trend inside Russia — crimes committed by military veterans returning from the war. A soldier in Bryansk beats his partner and attacks police with a knife. Another veteran skips deployment and instead builds a drug network with his own relatives. At the same time, the government considers making supervision of ex-convict fighters voluntary — desp...

In this episode of From Russia with Fear , we uncover three disturbing stories that reveal a deeper crisis inside Russian society. A war veteran in Tuva, reportedly suffering from PTSD, attacks police officers with a gun and a knife. A decorated Hero of Russia, once praised in state media, now stands trial for murder with public demonstration. And a high-ranking general from the National Guard is...

On March 8th, in the Russian town of Kozelsk, a simple attempt to meet someone turned into a fatal attack. Three women brutally beat 47-year-old Valery Gerasimov outside a café — but authorities claim he died from a blood clot, not the assault. Witnesses tell a very different story. Was this self-defense, or a violent killing being downplayed? In this episode, we examine conflicting testimonies, f...

In this episode, we uncover a disturbing case from Ufa, where supermarket security guards crossed the line from protection to brutal violence. What started as a response to shoplifting turned into a criminal operation involving kidnapping, torture, robbery, and sexual assault. Victims were detained, beaten, humiliated, and even attacked in their own homes — all by men who were supposed to keep ord...

This episode delves into the shocking rise of crimes committed by veterans of Russia’s Special Military Operation (SVO). These incidents, ranging from violent assaults to cold-blooded murders, highlight the troubling effects of the conflict on those who fought on the front lines. We examine multiple cases, including horrific attacks in St. Petersburg and Moscow, and discuss the legal and social im...

In a horrific incident that has left the village of Vpered in Bashkiria shaken, five young children tragically lost their lives in a fire that also claimed the life of their mother’s partner. Julia Lavrentyeva, a mother of eight, rushed home after feeling a sense of dread, only to find her children and partner already gone. The fire, which reportedly started due to a faulty ceiling, raises serious...

In this episode of From Russia with Fear , we investigate disturbing reports that severely wounded Russian soldiers — including amputees and men declared unfit for service — are being forced back into military units and sometimes even sent to the front again. Through the stories of Ivan Topchiy, Dmitry Mishin, Yevgeny Nazarov, and Sergey Sapozhnikov, the episode reveals how injured troops struggle...

Russia is facing a surge in violent crime — the worst in more than a decade. Authorities admit that one of the key factors is the war and the return of fighters from the front, many of whom were previously convicted criminals released from prison in exchange for military service. In this episode, we examine some of the most shocking cases: a veteran who killed his pregnant girlfriend, a former Wag...

Vladimir Seliverstov spent nearly 40 years in prison for brutal murders — yet he kept being released. Each time he returned to his village, someone else died. In this episode of From Russia with Fear , we tell the shocking story of a serial killer who mutilated his victims, cut off fingers and lips, and terrified an entire community. Why did the Russian justice system repeatedly allow a man respon...

In this episode of From Russia with Fear , we examine the shocking murder of seven-year-old Amelia in Sochi. Igor Savvateev — a previously convicted criminal and participant in the war in Ukraine — was found guilty of beating the child to death with a leather belt. Investigators say the abuse lasted for months and included brutal beatings and cigarette burns. Even more disturbing, Amelia’s mother...

n this episode of From Russia with Fear , we tell the tragic story of Olga Ponomareva, a woman from Bashkortostan who died after a brutal attack by her partner, Arthur Matveev. What started as an online romance slowly turned into years of jealousy, violence, and fear. Despite repeated abuse and several attempts to seek help, Olga continued to believe her partner would change. But one violent outbu...

A dispute inside a communal apartment in Saint Petersburg turns into a chilling murder plot. School accountant Galina Lysenko allegedly hired a homeless man to kill her neighbor Tatiana Tanik over a long-running housing conflict. But the supposed hitman chose to go to the police instead. In this episode, we explore how property disputes inside Russia’s communal apartments can escalate into violenc...

In this episode of From Russia with Fear , we tell the story of two elderly pensioners who say they are living in constant fear inside their own apartment. Their son-in-law, Alexey Vasilevich, was once convicted of murder, later received a presidential pardon, and fought in the war as a Wagner mercenary. After returning from the front, he obtained a share of the family apartment and, according to...

In this episode of From Russia with Fear , two shocking crimes reveal the darker reality of violence and impunity in modern Russia. In Sverdlovsk region, a repeat offender murders his ex-wife — a nurse and mother of six daughters — inside the hospital where she worked. In Kemerovo region, businessman Alexey Mukharev kills a married couple to avoid repaying a debt that grew to five million rubles....

A shocking medical fraud case has emerged in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region. Doctors from a state hospital are accused of targeting elderly patients, convincing them they were about to lose their eyesight, and pushing them into expensive “urgent” surgeries at a private clinic. Many of those operations were unnecessary — and some patients lost their vision instead of saving it. At the center of th...

A brutal double murder in the Kemerovo region has shocked the local community. Alexey Mukhaev, a former convict and SVO veteran, killed a teacher and her husband over a debt dispute. After the murders, Mukhaev tried to cover his tracks, but his efforts failed. As the investigation unfolds, questions arise about the recruitment of criminals for the Special Military Operation and the justice system...

In this shocking episode of From Russia with Fear , we investigate two brutal domestic murders that reveal a disturbing trend. In Kazan, Dinar Mingaliev strangled his wife Dina Grigorieva and nearly killed their three-year-old son, breaking both of the child’s arms. In Volgograd, former sailor Sergey Orlov shot and dismembered his ex-wife Galina over a minor domestic argument. Both men, after comm...

In Syktyvkar, seven members of an organized criminal group were sentenced for large-scale fraud after posing as gas service workers and deceiving more than 2,000 residents — mostly elderly people. Wearing fake uniforms and showing forged IDs, they pressured victims into replacing perfectly working gas equipment with cheap parts, sometimes even creating gas leaks to frighten them. Investigators war...

A 24-year-old SVO veteran from Kabardino-Balkaria was sentenced to 15 years for the rape and murder of 86-year-old Nina Selezneva in Nalchik. The court rejected claims of insanity and found him fully responsible for a crime marked by extreme brutality. But the story does not end with the verdict. As more former convicts and war veterans return home, journalists report over a thousand civilians kil...

In Gorodets, Nizhny Novgorod region, an elderly woman who was tortured for days by teenagers has died from her injuries. The attackers filmed more than 50 videos of the abuse, beating her with bats, shaving her head, and locking her inside her own home. Investigators later revealed that an adult woman allegedly encouraged the crime in order to seize the victim’s house. In Ufa, a teenage gang calli...

In Nizhny Novgorod, pensioner Andrey Rumyantsev believed a neighborhood boy had vandalized his car. Without evidence, he grabbed a shovel handle, attacked 10-year-old Makar Karpov on a playground, shattered his leg, and dragged him away while other children screamed. The boy was innocent. Doctors say he may never return to sports. Prosecutors demanded 15 years in prison — but the court gave Rumyan...

A shocking knife attack in Chelyabinsk has left a woman fighting for her life. The attacker — 60-year-old Alexander Kondakov, a previously convicted man who was pardoned after serving in the Special Military Operation — tried to stab his partner to death in front of neighbors and her children. Surveillance cameras captured the brutal assault. This case raises serious questions about the growing nu...

A 13-year-old student stabbed his classmate inside a school in Alexandrovsk, Perm region, leaving the victim in critical condition. Investigators say the attack may have followed a personal conflict, possibly linked to an argument after a computer game. The teenager was disarmed by teachers and detained. But this is not an isolated case. Since the beginning of 2026, at least seven attacks have tak...