Russia: former local deputy goes to war to escape punishment for murdering his wife
He was supposed to spend almost 10 years in a penal colony A former deputy of the Taseevsky district council in the Krasnoyarsk region of Russia, Alexander Khakonov, had been sentenced to nine years and eight months in a penal colony over the murder of his wife, however, he has escaped punishment by going to the Ukraine war, local media outlet NGS24 reports , citing sources. The man killed his wife, Elena Khakonova, on 28 March 2022. The former deputy pleaded guilty in court.