President Vladimir Putin has hailed a serial killer as a war hero who “personally suffocated his victims and took great pleasure in doing so”.
Ruthless gang leader Ivan Neparatov, 34, has been convicted of five brutal murders and has been dubbed a “maniac” in Russia.
Neparatov was released from prison as part of a new program that recruited the country’s most dangerous prisoners in Putin’s desperate attempt to strengthen his front line in Ukraine.
After his release, he was recruited by Wagner, a far-right mercenary group acting as Putin’s private army, and was “quickly destroyed” shortly after being sent to the Donetsk Front.
According to his death certificate, he died “from the explosive device to the head” in the city of Donetsk, Artemovsk, in August.
Neparatov served 25 years in prison before being sent to fight in the ongoing invasion of the country and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Valor by President Putin.
However, it is not known which of his relatives will claim the posthumous medal.
Following the death of exiled Russian law enforcement expert Sergey Kanev, new details have emerged in the life of the killer, who painted a picture of a sadistic monster who loves to hunt the weak.
Since childhood, Neparatov has enjoyed strangling and torturing animals, earning him the nickname “maniac,” Kanev said.
“Since he was a child, his parents refused to allow the ‘maniac’ to join the local mafia,” he added.
He then formed his own gang, extorted money from local residents and got involved in robberies.
After being convicted of five murders, Neparatov was eventually jailed for 25 years in a strict regime colony, with eight members of his gang also jailed for murder and terrorism.
He had served almost half of his sentence when he was released to fight under a scheme that would have commuted his sentence had he lived.
One of the victims, a woman, was strangled during the robbery and a man was stabbed 88 times. Neparatov was also convicted of kidnapping and robbery.
“He was one of the first [prisoners] He signed a contract with Wagner and went to Ukraine,” Kanev said.
Olga Romanova from Russia Behind Birds said:
“They don’t eliminate them all at once, they eliminate 50 to 60 troops at a time.”
The prisoners undergo a two-week course before being sent to the front lines to fight in the Ukrainian army.
They are expected to be paid the equivalent of £3,000 for their services, and if they die in battle, their families will receive £64,000.
Putin is known to have previously encouraged Russians to have more children and stem declining fertility rates by reviving a prize founded by Joseph Stalin to reward mothers of 10 children.
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Source: Metro
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