A brutal murder in the Russian town of Korkino sparked one of the largest ethnic riots in recent years. After a 36-year-old taxi driver, Irina Safonova, was found stabbed to death, hundreds of residents stormed a local Roma settlement, setting homes and cars on fire. Two people were shot, dozens detained, and the town was left divided by fear, anger, and silence. This episode of From Russia with Fear uncovers the story behind the killing, the chaos that followed, and what it reveals about the growing social tension in small-town Russia.

In Kovrov, a 19-year-old mother starved her one-year-old son to death, then placed his body in a cardboard box and threw it into the trash. For weeks, no one noticed the child’s disappearance — not the neighbors, not the father, not even the grandmother. Investigators say Veronika Zhukova regularly abandoned her baby while she went out partying. Now she faces up to life in prison. A story of apathy, cruelty, and the complete collapse of family and social responsibility.

In Yekaterinburg, a 45-year-old repeat offender is accused of murdering his six-week-old grandson in a late-night rage. Neighbors called police as screams filled the hallway; the baby could not be saved. The suspect fled half-dressed, was found hours later, and now faces a psychiatric evaluation and charges for murdering a minor. A harrowing look at recidivism, untreated mental illness, and a system that reacts only after tragedy.

A knife rampage in Rostov-on-Don shocked an entire city. Twenty-six-year-old Vladislav Kuznetsov attacked people in apartment stairwells, leaving a teenage boy critically injured and killing 21-year-old student Ulyana Omelko with dozens of stab wounds. Neighbors who recognized him in viral videos helped police catch the suspect, a drug addict with a history of psychiatric treatment and debts. This episode explores the manhunt, the failures that let him roam free, and the questions now facing Russia’s justice system.

In this episode of From Russia with Crime, we turn from crime scenes to catastrophe — though the system is still to blame. A burst pipe in freezing Magadan turned an ordinary apartment building into a boiling trap. Sleeping residents were scalded awake as superheated water filled the halls. Some jumped from windows to survive. One man burned his legs trying to escape. But this wasn’t just bad luck — it was the result of decades-old infrastructure, neglected by local officials who still haven’t shown their faces.

A 28-year-old SVO veteran and former SOBR officer brutally murdered his ex-wife in front of witnesses—then signed a new military contract and returned to the front just one month later. In this episode, we tell the harrowing story of Evgeny Kramarenko, who stalked, beat, and stabbed his former partner, Anastasia, the mother of his two children. Despite confessing during a police reconstruction, Kramarenko escaped justice and was redeployed. How did this happen? What happens to the children left behind? And how many more crimes are committed by Russia’s so-called “heroes”? A chilling case of murder, impunity, and systemic failure.

In this shocking episode of From Russia with Crime, we uncover the horrifying story of a ten-year-old boy in Smolensk who died at the hands of his own father. What first appeared to be a tragic apartment fire turned out to be a cover for unspeakable abuse. Forensic experts found multiple skull fractures, bruises, and even a severed finger — proof that the child was tortured before the flames consumed his home.

A single shot on a windy training ground is written up as “negligence.” Artyom Antonov’s family says it was an execution for refusing to sign a combat contract. In this episode, we reconstruct the killing of a 19-year-old conscript in Primorsky Krai, name the officer who pulled the trigger, and follow the paper trail of coercion—threats, forged signatures, and “administrative pressure”—that has pushed teenagers from barracks to the front. We also examine the Sakhalin case of Nikita Molochkovsky, declared dead after a contract experts say he never signed, and ask what accountability looks like when every witness is afraid to speak.

In this disturbing episode, we investigate the shocking assault of a 9-months-pregnant woman inside a shopping mall restroom in Kemerovo. 26-year-old Maria Krylova was brutally attacked by a janitor for walking across a freshly mopped floor. The janitor — 41-year-old Vera Khrebtova — punched, dragged, and humiliated the expectant mother, leaving her bloodied and traumatized. Surveillance footage captured the chilling indifference of nearby staff, while Khrebtova now claims self-defense. We break down the facts, examine the legal case, and speak about the broader implications. Stay with us. This is From Russia with Crime.

In this episode of From Russia with Crime, we follow the shocking case of two entertainers murdered on the M4 Don highway in southern Russia. 37-year-old Kirill Chubko and 19-year-old Tatyana Mostyko vanished after their car broke down near the village of Berezanskaya. Days later, their bodies were found buried in the forest. Investigators say they were killed by a gang led by Demyan Kevorkyan — a repeat offender, once sentenced to 18 years for murder and robbery, later pardoned for his service in the war. Returning from the front decorated with a medal, Kevorkyan allegedly went back to crime, ordering the brutal stabbing of Kirill and Tatyana.

After serving three prison sentences, Sergey Asyapov joined the war and returned home to kill. He beat his girlfriend Kamila Nizamova to death, then tried to erase the evidence by scalding her body in boiling water. In this episode of From Russia with Crime, we reveal how a violent repeat offender was freed for military service — and how even after murder, the Russian court took his side. A child lost his mother, a killer got leniency, and the front lines are still open to men like him.

A shopper is killed inside a Ramenskoye grocery after staff escort him to the back room over a 350‑ruble bottle of vodka. Investigators say the 32‑year‑old manager beat and strangled 49‑year‑old Timur Veselov; the case is now under the Investigative Committee’s supervision. In this episode of From Russia with Crime, we piece together the final minutes from CCTV and ask why due process gave way to vigilante “justice” — and what the law actually requires when shoplifting is suspected.

A 12-year-old boy escapes months of torture by his mother and stepfather in Kemerovo—found shivering and starving in a supermarket storeroom, his face slashed and bones broken. As both adults land in pre-trial detention, we examine the medical evidence, the neighbors’ silence, and how a child who hadn’t seen a school or clinic in years slipped past every safeguard.

Residents of a Vladivostok high-rise say a neighbor who returned from the war is terrorizing their building—beating his partner and, a day later, ambushing the condo board chair outside his door. Security footage and medical reports document the assaults; rumors of “law-enforcement friends” only deepen the fear. In this episode of From Russia with Crime, we unpack how a single man can hold an entire building hostage—and why neighbors felt they had to act before the police did.

A six-year-old boy was tortured, starved, and murdered by his foster parents in Yekaterinburg. His body was hidden in a garage, while his killers collected government benefits and staged a fake search. Convicted for child abuse, Alexander Naumov was released from prison after just two months — to join the war in Ukraine. In this episode, we uncover how a brutal child torturer became a soldier and ask: how many more criminals are being sent to the frontlines instead of prison?

In Mari El, a man stabbed his partner and two young children to death — just months after their newborn daughter had died under suspicious circumstances. Neighbors say he was a heavy drinker who turned violent when drunk. Now, investigators are also revisiting the earlier death of the baby. In this episode of From Russia with Crime, we uncover the full story behind the triple murder — and the chilling case in Irkutsk, where a man tried to burn his ex-wife and four children alive.

A nine-year-old boy terrorizes his neighbors in Krasnoyarsk, brutally beating an eight-year-old girl with an iron rod for not greeting him. In another shocking case, teenagers in Vladimir region nearly beat a pensioner to death with brass knuckles. Why is juvenile violence rising, and what’s behind this disturbing trend?

In Naberezhnye Chelny, a 33-year-old veteran of Russia’s war in Ukraine returns home — and unleashes terrifying violence on his own family. His grandmother, grandfather, and mother are left battered and broken, living in fear as police repeatedly release their attacker. We investigate why veterans like him often escape punishment, and how Russia’s laws are fueling a surge in violent crime.

In this episode of From Russia with Crime, we share testimonies from troops ordered to cross minefields, charge open ground on motorcycles, and attack without weapons, food, or water. Some die within days. Others are left wounded and abandoned—forced to save themselves in unimaginable ways. Analysts say losses in these assaults can reach 2,000 men in a single day. For many soldiers, the most dangerous enemy isn’t across the battlefield—it’s behind them. Listen now.

In this episode of From Russia with Crime, we investigate a gang of fake taxi drivers from Azerbaijan who robbed at least seven people, stealing over 15 million rubles. From draining bank accounts to ordering expensive gadgets in their victims’ names, their scheme was as calculated as it was ruthless. We also look at another brutal case—a 17-year-old schoolboy in Chelyabinsk murdered by a group of migrants in a parking lot—and the alarming rise in migrant crime across Russia. Listen now.