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shot in podyezd |
connected w/ Russian sports |
murder for less than $100 |
really stupid criminal |
explosive device |
cries for help ignored |
perp in body count |
children |
"investigation continuing" |
carved up like a turkey |
cannibalism |
riddled with bullets |
related to victim's job |
Yet Another Serial Killer
Hear about the guy from Krasnoyarsk who killed 19 people? We didn't think so! Yet another p.r.-challenged killer seeped into the middle pages not of Izvestia, not of Moskovsky Komsomolets even, but of Kriminalnaya Khronika, Russia's only national newspaper devoted exclusively to crime.
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| Vadim Yershov thinks sadly: "Damn! I only killed nineteen people. I thought I was on my way up..."
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Nosferatu-lookalike Vadim Yershov, a deserter from the Far Eastern army group, returned home to Krasnoyarsk a few years ago and set about raping and killing women. This past summer he made the mistake of diving on a woman in a podyezd in broad daylight whose husband, an FSB officer, happened to be just a few yards away. The chekist beat Yershov to a pulp, tied him up, and sent him to jail. His court case winds up next week; he's already confessed to 19 killings and seven attempted kidnappings, so his chances of escaping heavy time or even death despite the 99% conviction rate of Russian courts are slim, although Charles Blitzer has not yet made the authoritative prediction.
The Death of Raisa Gorbacheva
We don't know enough about this story to even be funny about it, but here's what we do know from various Russian press reports: a 47 year-old woman by the name of Raisa Gorbacheva was murdered last week in Bishkek, the capital of Kirgizia. Gorbacheva, a journalist and a poetess, was strangled in what police describe as an apparent robbery. She has no relation to Raisa Maximovna, although her death, according to local police, has allowed her to eclipse her living namesake in political relevance.
Yet Another Serial Killer And Still More Good News From Nakhodka
Looking for a new home to move to? Try sunny Nakhodka! Just last issue we told you about a group of boys in notorious Nakhodka who were caught playing soccer with a human skull. This time, Kriminalnaya Khronika reports, two dismembered female bodies were found there- in an area where those same boys
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| "Whyn't you guys go on ahead? I'll catch up with you in a sec, I promise! Don't wait up!"
| were playing soccer again! The paper concludes: "It is logical to conclude that Nakhodka now has its own serial killer, just to round out completely its criminal portfolio."
Made To Order
Signed, sealed, autopsied and delivered directly for Death Porn: 42 year-old Sergei Krastoshevsky, owner of a Moscow sports complex called "Tonus," was riddled with bullets in his podyezd last week in a killing police say is connected with his business activities, although the investigation is continuing. Need we say more? Maybe we should just take the text out of this section altogether...
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