A former official from the Altai region wants to avoid a 25-year sentence: in the 90s, he killed eleven women.
Vitaly Manishin, a former official from the Altai Krai region convicted of serial murder, has expressed a desire to serve in the front lines. He is seeking to sign a contract with the Ministry of Defense to avoid a 25-year prison sentence.
The petition of the "Altai Fisher" and an attempt to go to the front
Vitaly Manishin, known as the "Altai Fisher" and the Polytechnic University maniac, wrote an official petition to the administration of the prison in Yeniseisk, where he is currently serving his sentence. In the document, the convict stated his intention to sign a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense. According to SHOT, he has not yet received a response to his petition.
However, the potential deployment of a serial killer to war has already sparked a public outcry. Consequently, Russians are actively discussing the consequences of such a decision on social media:
He'll prove himself, they'll reward him, and he'll be pardoned. He'll no longer be deputy head of the administration, but head. And who, after all this, can say there are no social mobility opportunities?
Heroes of our time. He'll serve, get a minor wound, go to the hospital, and then be released with all the benefits.
Then they'll be chasing him again for a long time. They won't assign him personal security.
The case of the Polytechnic University maniac and the harsh sentence
The Manishin case has become one of the most high-profile and resonant investigations in recent years. Specifically, the crime remained unsolved for many years due to the mysterious death of the first suspect, whom law enforcement officers detained back in 2000. Shoe salesman Alexander Anisimov, under pressure, claimed responsibility, but during the investigative stunt, according to the official version, he jumped out of a high-rise window. As a result, the investigation was stalled for several years.
Manishin was initially suspected of murdering a young woman in 1989, but he was later investigated for involvement in other cases. Ultimately, the former official confessed to the murder of his first victim, five Polytechnic University applicants, two applicants from other universities, two female job seekers, and the mother of one of the applicants. He hid all their bodies in the Kalmansky District, where he lived and worked as the head of the local administration.
The former official was sentenced in the fall of 2025 to 25 years in prison. He was to serve the first seven years of his sentence in prison, and the remainder in a maximum-security penal colony.
