He cut off his acquaintance’s head, killed her six-year-old son, and went to the “special military operation” (SVO)
A shocking true story from Serov, Sverdlovsk region. Alexander Gook beheaded Olga Soroka, killed her six-year-old son, and then avoided a likely life sentence by signing a military contract and leavin...
5 Nov 20255min
Life Sentence for the Killer of an 11-Year-Old Girl in Nizhny Tagil
In this episode of From Russia with Fear, we investigate the shocking murder of 11-year-old Nastya Yakina from Nizhny Tagil — killed by a neighbor who had previously been convicted of rape and later p...
4 Nov 20254min
Mass Prison Breaks Across Russia
In this episode of From Russia with Fear, we uncover a shocking wave of mass prison escapes across Russia. Within just two days, ten dangerous inmates — including murderers, rapists, and drug traffick...
3 Nov 20256min
SVO Hero Ran Over His Neighbor After a Noise Complaint
In Sochi, a pardoned SVO veteran ran over his neighbor with his car after she asked him to turn down loud music. The woman survived but remains in critical condition with severe injuries. Investigator...
27 Okt 20254min
SVO Hero Stabbed His Girlfriend — The Verdict
In Chelyabinsk, a war veteran who brutally stabbed his girlfriend to death in front of witnesses has been sentenced to only nine years in prison. The court cited his military service as a mitigating f...
24 Okt 20254min
The Pensioner Who Hired a Hitman to Kill Her Friend
In Krasnoyarsk, a 64-year-old pensioner hired a hitman — one of her debtors — to kill her close friend to avoid repaying a 200,000-ruble loan. The murder-for-debt plot shocked Russia with its cruelty ...
23 Okt 20254min
An Attempt on a Businessman’s Life in 1990s Style
In Moscow, restaurateur Viktor Mishachev’s SUV was blown up in a “nineteen‐nineties” style hit, wounding him, his young son and a bystander. Hours later, police arrested his business partner and found...
22 Okt 20254min
SVO Hero Committed a Double Murder
A war-pardoned Wagner fighter returns to his Yakut village and, during a night of heavy drinking, bludgeons one neighbor with a crowbar and hacks an award-winning teacher to death with an axe. Sentenc...
21 Okt 20254min
