War Heroes or Criminals? The Return of Murderers to Civilian Life

2023-12-17 10:02:04

– Murderers return home as war heroes

Vera Pekhteleva was tortured to death. But the man who killed her is free again, like tens of thousands of others who were sent from prison to the Ukrainian front.

Published today at 11:02 a.m.

“We defend the homeland,” we can read on this poster from Saint Petersburg.

AFP

He walks along a narrow corridor, past numerous doors, the light flickers. Vladimir Pekhtelev finally stops in front of an iron door. It is dented on the edges. That’s where the neighbors stepped in. Vladimir Pekhtelev makes the sign of the cross, he doesn’t want to stay long. Behind this gray door, his niece died four years ago.

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