A neighbor in the Moscow region brutally murdered a young mother and her six-year-old son with a hammer after years of arguments over a noisy child. Facing a possible life sentence, he avoided justice by signing a contract with the Russian military and leaving for the war. This episode exposes another case where extreme violence is effectively forgiven under the cover of the “special military operation.”

Crimes committed by Russian SVO veterans are no longer confined to Russia. From an armed threat in Minsk to murders, rapes, and attacks on families in Belgorod, Krasnoyarsk, and Kamchatka, this episode exposes how former fighters with criminal pasts return from the war and unleash violence on civilians — often with a sense of impunity.

A former Russian police officer, Yevgeny Rodionov, was sentenced in Petrozavodsk for the brutal murder of Moscow lawyer Irina Ivachyova. After an evening of apparent reconciliation, he strangled her, burned her body, and attempted to flee. Despite the severity of the crime, the court handed down a sentence of less than ten years in a maximum-security colony. This episode also examines how convicted killers in Russia increasingly avoid punishment by signing contracts to fight in the war, leaving victims’ families without justice.

Popular blogger Yulia Burtseva, who lived in Italy, died in Moscow after undergoing injectable buttock augmentation at a private clinic. The procedure was performed by a 26-year-old self-taught cosmetologist without medical education. According to investigators, Burtseva developed an anaphylactic shock shortly after the injections and could not be saved. The case has sparked renewed attention to the dangers of illegal cosmetic procedures and unlicensed practitioners in Russia.

The bodies of two young women murdered by the so-called Bodorodsk maniac have been found near Noginsk — thanks to testimony from his nine-year-old son. Investigators say Dmitry Artamoshin used his child as bait to lure nannies, drugging, abusing, and killing his victims. The case reveals years of violence, manipulation, and terror hidden behind the image of a caring single father, and raises fears that the true number of victims may be far higher.

Convicted criminals sent to war are returning home — and unleashing violence on civilians. Torture, rape, murder, and impunity follow the SVO veterans back to Russian cities. This episode investigates how pardons, early releases, and war contracts have turned former inmates into a growing threat inside Russia.

Famous Russian singer Larisa Dolina is being forcibly evicted from a luxury five-room apartment in Moscow’s prestigious Khamovniki district. After a year-and-a-half-long legal battle involving fraud, conflicting court rulings, and a Supreme Court decision, the Moscow City Court ordered Dolina to vacate the property within days. Bailiffs may intervene if the court order is ignored. This episode breaks down the case, the court’s decision, and what comes next for both sides.

Two brutal domestic murders in Russia expose a disturbing pattern. In Kazan, Dinara Mingaliev strangled his wife and nearly killed their three-year-old son, breaking both of the child’s arms. In Volgograd, Sergey Orlov shot and dismembered his former wife over a minor household dispute. Both men now seek to avoid long prison sentences by signing military contracts and going to the war zone. These cases reveal how extreme violence against women is increasingly followed by impunity under the cover of war.

Former and active participants of Russia’s so-called Special Military Operation are repeatedly escaping real punishment for brutal crimes. In this episode, we расскаount cases of murder, arson, drunk driving, and domestic violence committed by SVO veterans — including repeat offenders released from prison and sent to war. Courts reduce sentences, investigations are closed, and victims’ families are left without justice. How participation in the war has become a shield from responsibility — in this episode of Nightmare of the Day.

A Russian military court has sentenced contract soldier Dmitry Stenkin to life in prison for the murder of 41-year-old Olesya Larina, a mother of four, and the attempted abduction of her children. Armed and intoxicated, the former convict broke into a family home in the village of Giryi in the Kursk region, shot the woman after she resisted rape, and critically wounded her husband. This episode examines the crime, the court ruling, eyewitness testimonies, and the growing wave of violence committed by former prisoners and returning soldiers from the war.