Inhabitant Rostov-on-Don Vladislav Biryukov, sentenced to 16 years for the murder of his wife, served only a small part of his sentence, went to war in Ukraine and fell under amnesty.

Vladislav Biryukov worked in the police and then as a lawyer. Court found him guilty that he inflicted injury on his wife in January 2019 Anna He struck her 18 times with a hammer on the head, stabbed her in the heart with a sharp object, and strangled her with a gag. He and his accomplice took the body to the woods and buried it. He pleaded not guilty.

A court hearing to recover child support payments for the parents of the murdered Anna, who had taken their grandson into custody, was scheduled for the fall of 2022. However, the hearing was cancelled, and in response to the plaintiffs' request for Biryukov's whereabouts, the prison colony claimed the information was a "state secret."

Parents Anna Biryukova They fear retaliation from their former son-in-law. Furthermore, as a result of Biryukov's pardon, they will lose the 2 million rubles in moral damages stipulated by the verdict.

Photo: Rostov Notebook