Wagner mercenary with multiple convictions detained on suspicion of raping two teenagers in Russia’s Volgograd region
A criminal case against a 29-year-old Wagner fighter suspected of raping two teenage girls has been opened in the city of Kamyshin, Russia’s southern Volgograd region, the local Investigative Committee reported on Wednesday. According to local media outlet V1.ru, a former Wagner Group mercenary with multiple prior convictions, Yevgeny Osipov, was detained on suspicion of rape. On 9 October 2023, Osipov met two underage girls, invited them to his home, and then sexually assaulted them.