254: The Gang of Amazons | Russia

254: The Gang of Amazons | Russia

On a quiet September night in 2013, a routine traffic stop on the outskirts of Aksai unraveled a mystery that had haunted southern Russia for years. A violent shootout led police to a forest campsite, and what they uncovered was more than just weapons.
The suspects were not professional hitmen or members of a paramilitary group. They were a family. A mother, her daughters, and her husband. Their crimes spanned nearly a decade: home invasions, execution-style killings, ambushes on police officers. Dozens of stolen items linked them to victims across Rostov Oblast and beyond.
They would become known in the media as the Gang of Amazons.
In this episode, we examine the investigation that connected seemingly random crimes to a single group, delve into the backgrounds of the perpetrators, and follow the trial that brought their reign of terror to an end.

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Resources
Web
Wikipedia
History and Other Things
Medium - Serial Killers: Gang of Amazons
Articles
Russia's Rostov court sentences 'Amazon gang' to lengthy jail terms for numerous killings
Near Rostov the members of the gang announced the verdict for robbery and murder
Russian nursery teacher killed ten people with help gang
A family of murderers in Rostov. Adventures of 'bloody Inessa' (Tarverdiyeva's case in Rostoblsud)
Twenty years for the Amazons. Why women are not given a life sentence?

Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe
Narrated by Noel Vinson
Music: "Nordic Medieval" by Marcus Bressler
Background track: Doblado Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudios

This True Crime Podcast was researched using open-source or archival materials.

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