Attacked four girls, sat down, went to war, returned, and went to prison again

Editorial “Layout” April 05, 2024 |

The court sentenced a soldier of the Wagner PMC to 6 years in prison for attempting to kill a girl. He had previously been imprisoned for a similar crime, but was pardoned by the president

A court in the Stavropol Territory sentenced Artem Samedov, a soldier of the Wagner PMC pardoned by the president, to 6 years in a maximum security colony for the attempted murder of a girl who refused to meet him, Vorstka found out .

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A fighter from the Wagner PMC stabbed a girl at least five times; he explained his action as “the consequences of the war”

The local Investigative Committee reported Samedov’s detention; on the night of February 21, 2023, while intoxicated, he decided to meet an 18-year-old girl, the court ruling says . The girl refused, then Samedov grabbed her and stabbed her at least five times in the body, neck and face. Several passers-by responded to the cries for help and Samedov ran away. A few days later he was detained.

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He himself explained his action as “the consequences of the war” and stated that “he had never had such a thing in his life that he raised his hand to a girl, especially with a knife.” He also stated that he was not drunk, but had incriminated himself before the investigators. This allowed the court not to take into account intoxication as an aggravating circumstance, but as mitigating factors to count participation in the war, the presence of state awards and awards from the Wagner PMC and a positive reference from the League for the Defense of the Interests of Veterans.

Previously, a fighter from the Wagner PMC had already been imprisoned for robbery: he beat and robbed four women in an hour

As “Verstka” found out, Samedov was sent to prison in 2020 for robbery, robbery and intentionally causing minor bodily harm, and he was sentenced to 7 years. According to the court ruling , in July 2020, in just over an hour, he beat four women and robbed three of them in the Volgograd city of Surovikino. For the attacks, he used bottles and stones, which he used to stun his victims in order to take money and phones.

Samedov was also convicted in 2013 of rape and violent acts committed with infliction of grievous bodily harm or extreme cruelty; the text of this verdict was not published.

Earlier, “Verstka” reported that the pardoned Wagner PMC fighter Vyacheslav Duplenko, who returned from the war without a leg, stabbed an acquaintance and urinated on him. A court in annexed Crimea sentenced him to 5.5 years in a maximum security colony. Moreover, the maximum punishment under this article is 15 years in prison.

“Verstka” also discovered that more than 190 criminal cases were opened against the Wagner PMC soldiers pardoned by the president . At least 32 crimes were reported in the media, and we found another 160 criminal cases in court files. Among them: thefts and robberies, murders and causing grievous bodily harm, drug use and distribution, attacks on government officials, traffic violations and others.

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