Convicts, Corruption, and Murder: Russia’s War Comes Home
A convicted killer escapes the front line, beats another man to death, and then asks to return to war again. In Saint Petersburg, investigators uncover a scheme exploiting desperate Russians and steal...
22 Touko 5min
From Russia with Fear: Deadly Neighbors and Corrupt Cops
A land dispute in southern Russia ends with two men burned alive inside a locked bathhouse. A deserter murders the widow of a dead soldier to steal millions in compensation payments. And in Moscow, tw...
21 Touko 5min
Russia’s Growing Culture of Everyday Violence
A teenage argument in Saint Petersburg turns into a near-fatal stabbing after a 15-year-old boy is attacked 25 times in a parking lot. In another shocking case, a Russian war veteran threatens to kill...
20 Touko 4min
The Wooden Coffin Case: Child Abuse, War Veterans, and Prison Torture in Russia
In this episode of From Russia with Fear, we uncover three shocking stories from modern Russia. A two-year-old girl named Sonya was locked inside a wooden coffin-like box by her own parents and slowly...
19 Touko 5min
The Stepfather Killer: Russia’s Darkest Crimes This Week
In this episode of From Russia with Fear, we examine several shocking cases that reveal the growing violence and dysfunction inside modern Russia. A brutal family massacre in Buryatia leaves a mother ...
18 Touko 5min
Escaping Justice: Russian Official Flees as Soldiers Walk Free
A former Russian deputy minister escapes to the United States as fraud investigations begin. A serviceman beats a man to death and walks free after a military court calls it “negligence.” A former Wag...
15 Touko 6min
School Shootings, Police Brutality, and a Corruption Scandal: Russia’s Struggle with Crime and Justice
In this episode, we cover a disturbing string of events in Russia, including a rising wave of school shootings, a wrongful police detention that left a teenager injured, and a major corruption case in...
14 Touko 5min
FROM RUSSIA, NO FEAR: CHILD ABUSE RESCUE, MURDER OVER CIGARETTE, AND POSTAL WORKER THEFT
In today’s episode, we explore three chilling stories from Russia. A neighbor’s intervention saves five children from severe neglect in Ufa. A deadly argument over a cigarette ends in murder in the Mo...
13 Touko 5min
