A serviceman opens fire on soldiers and civilians in Crimea, leaving four people dead. In the Belgorod region, prosecutors describe torture, extortion, abductions and killings inside the Yastreb private military company. And in Ingushetia, a man is accused of killing his neighbor because he believed the victim had placed a curse on his brother. Three disturbing cases of fear, violence and impunity in today’s Russia.

A military cadet allegedly tries to take revenge on a bar using diesel fuel, a former Wagner fighter returns to prison on drug charges, and officials in the Moscow region are accused of creating thousands of complaints to manipulate local rankings. Three stories about authority, crime, war, and corruption in modern Russia.

In this episode of From Russia with Fear: a repeat killer and war veteran is sentenced for a brutal double murder, blogger Lerchek receives a suspended sentence and a massive fine, a man is arrested over alleged sexual crimes against minors, and a young woman dies after being pushed from a high-rise balcony.

In this episode of From Russia with Fear, we look at four very different cases from Russia: a blogger sentenced over adult content, a young woman accusing police officers of violence and threats, a convicted fraudster whose court case was suspended after he signed a military contract, and a deadly dispute during a camping trip in Astrakhan. Together, these stories raise questions about crime, punishment, and how differently justice can work depending on the circumstances.

In this episode of From Russia with Fear, we look at three disturbing cases: a prosecutor’s assistant accused of abusing teenage girls, a former Russian deputy defense minister whose prison sentence was nearly cut in half, and a Slovak citizen accused of attacking his former wife in Ufa. Three stories about power, violence, fear, and attempts to avoid responsibility.

In this episode of From Russia with Fear, we look at three disturbing cases from across Russia: the death of a prominent scientist after a violent confrontation in Yekaterinburg, a wedding killing suspect who signed a military contract and had his criminal case suspended, and a schoolteacher accused of inappropriate conduct toward teenage students.

In this episode of From Russia with Fear, we examine two murder cases from Achinsk in which the suspects or convicts signed military contracts and went to war instead of remaining behind bars. We also cover the death of Russian scientist Nikita Zezin after a violent confrontation in the Urals.

In this episode of From Russia with Fear, we look at three disturbing and unusual crime stories from Russia. In Omsk, a taxi driver was killed by a passenger who is also accused of murdering his partner. In Novosibirsk, police detained a war veteran suspected of shooting at teenagers with a pneumatic rifle from a residential building. And in the Kaliningrad region, two men allegedly tried to send thousands of cigarette packs into Lithuania using weather balloons equipped with GPS trackers. Murder, public danger and an unusual cross-border smuggling scheme — all in today’s episode.

In this episode of From Russia with Fear, we look at three disturbing cases from across Russia. A man from Balashikha is sentenced to life in prison after poisoning at least nine relatives and friends, allegedly targeting his own parents for their apartment. In the Rostov region, a woman says her former partner — an ex-assistant prosecutor — stalked and repeatedly assaulted her for more than a year despite numerous complaints to police. And a new series of corruption investigations is shaking Russian universities, with hundreds of millions of rubles allegedly stolen from government contracts and grants.

In this episode of From Russia with Fear, we look at three violent cases from across Russia. In Yakutia, a drunken argument ended in a knife attack that left one man dead and several others injured. In the Lipetsk region, a father was sentenced to twenty years in prison after killing a military police officer who came to detain his deserter son. And in Kaliningrad, a war veteran is accused of pouring lighter fluid over his partner and setting her on fire during a domestic conflict.