25 years ago: the last execution in Russia
25 years ago, on August 2, 1996, serial killer Sergei Golovkin was executed in Butyrka. He was suspected of 40 brutal murders of teenagers in the Moscow region, his guilt in 11 crimes was proved. It is believed that Golovkin was the last person executed in Russia. According to other sources, the last death sentence was carried out on September 2 of the same year - the name of the executed is unknown.