A shocking rise in sex-related crimes has hit Russia in the wake of Vladimir Putin pardoning convicts who fought in his war against Ukraine.
In the past year, the number of people convicted of child abuse has almost doubled, revealed an analysis by We Can Explain media.
The most heinous sex crimes against minors have risen by 77%, with violent sex crimes with aggravating circumstances have risen by 50%.
In the first half of the current year, 147 people were convicted, compared to 97 the year before.
Returnees from Putin’s war against Ukraine have been blamed in part for the rise in crime.
Wagner private army veteran Vladimir Aleksandrov, 40, a previously convicted rapist, is alleged to have raped and killed an 11-year-old schoolgirl, Nastya Yakina, in Nizhny Tagil.
Her distraught father Alexander Yakin, 42, had lost his wife to cancer and his daughter in the space of seven weeks.
After raping the girl, the Aleksandrov allegedly dumped her body in a basement in Nizhny Tagil where her corpse was gnawed by rats.
Aleksandrov was both freed from jail to fight in Ukraine and pardoned by the dictator after serving for six months when his remaining eight year jail term was annulled.
War returnee Yury Gavrilov, 33, from Orenburg and pardoned and freed by the Kremlin, allegedly lured a girl, 11, to his flat and committed acts of ‘rape and torture’ in a two hour ordeal.
As crimes against children soar in Putin’s country, it was revealed Russians could soon serve time in prison if they dare to ‘insult’ governmental officials.
The State Duma proposed a new bill which could see individuals who ‘publicly insult government officials’ with two year prison sentences and high fines, as Vladimir Putin continues to crack down on anyone who speaks out against him.
There’s already an article in Russia’s criminal code which covers insulting governmental officials.
Now, the punishment will increase if the ‘insult’ is posted online or appears in the media.
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