{"id":1996203,"date":"2023-08-10T01:40:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T05:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-convict-conscripted-and-then-released-home-accused-of-double-murder\/"},"modified":"2023-08-10T01:43:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T05:43:46","slug":"russian-convict-conscripted-and-then-released-home-accused-of-double-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-convict-conscripted-and-then-released-home-accused-of-double-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian prisoner drafted into military service and subsequently released after being charged with double homicide."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussian-convict-conscripted-and-then-released-home-accused-of-double-murder%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1996203&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Former Russian Inmate Accused of Gruesome Double Murder<\/h2>\n<p>A \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breitbart-news-everyday-podcast-ep-116-joyful-easter-the-pope-thinks-youre-racist-guest-emma-jo-morris-on-dr-oz-the-trans-agenda-the-big-guy\/\" title=\"Breitbart News Everyday Podcast Ep. 116: Joyful Easter! The Pope Thinks You\u2019re Racist; Guest: Emma-Jo Morris on Dr. Oz, the Trans Agenda, The Big Guy\">shocking crime<\/a> has\u2062 come \u200dto light\u2063 involving \u2062a former Russian\u200d inmate\u200b who was conscripted to fight \u2063for the country&#8217;s Wagner mercenary forces in Ukraine. Released and allowed \u2062to\u2062 return home, he \u2063is now accused\u200c of a gruesome double murder\u2062 along with two\u200b other men.<\/p>\n<h3>Reoffending After Fighting in Ukraine<\/h3>\n<p>If the allegations \u200dare true, \u200dthis case would be yet\u200d another example of a Russian convict \u2062being released early \u200dto participate in \u2064the \u2062war in Ukraine, only to commit further crimes\u2064 upon\u2062 returning\u200d home. Beyond the heinous nature of the accusations, this news sheds \u200clight on Russia&#8217;s war strategy and the \u2062lesser-known effects the conflict has had\u2062 on the country.<\/p>\n<h2>The Story Unfolds<\/h2>\n<p>Demyan Kevorkyan, 31, was\u200c given an 18-year prison\u200c sentence in 2016. However, he was later freed to\u200c join the Wagner Group, a \u200dmercenary\u2063 army led by Yevgeny\u200d Prigozhin.\u200d Prigozhin had recruited Kevorkyan and approximately 150 other prisoners in August\u2064 2022 after visiting\u200c their prison.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Kevorkyan was spotted in his hometown of Pridorozhnaya in Krasnodar, \u2063southwest\u2064 Russia. However,\u200c on Wednesday, he, along with two\u200c other men,\u200c was accused by Russia&#8217;s Investigative Committee of\u200d murdering 19-year-old\u2064 Tatyana Mostyko\u2063 and 37-year-old Kirill Chubko, two event planners\u200d who went missing after work.<\/p>\n<p>After an extensive\u2063 search,\u2064 investigators discovered the bodies\u200b of Mostyko\u2064 and\u2062 Chubko, along with their burnt car, abandoned \u200cat the edge of a forest. Chubko&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-convict-conscripted-and-then-released-home-accused-of-double-murder\/\" title=\"Russian prisoner drafted into military service and subsequently released after being charged with double homicide.\">body\u2062 showed signs<\/a> of a violent death,\u2064 according to \u200dinvestigators.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities believe \u2062that the victims&#8217; car had a flat tire, and while they were \u200cattempting to fix it, \u2062Kevorkyan, Anatoly Dvoynikov, and Aram\u200b Tatosyan took advantage of the \u2063situation to rob and \u200ckill \u2063them.<\/p>\n<p>In court, Tatosyan\u2064 claimed that\u2063 Kevorkyan came up with the \u2062idea to\u2063 spontaneously kill Mostyko and Chubko. Kevorkyan has a \u2062history of \u200bcriminal activity,\u2064 having\u200d been\u2062 a\u2062 gang leader nearly a decade ago, which \u2062led to his\u2062 previous sentencing in \u20642016. While Dvoynikov and Tatosyan confessed to robbery and murder, Kevorkyan denied any \u2062involvement.<\/p>\n<h3>A\u200d Disturbing \u200bPattern<\/h3>\n<p>Kevorkyan is not the only former convict-turned-Wagner soldier to reoffend after \u200bserving six\u2064 months\u2064 in Ukraine. This is \u200cthe\u2062 duration Prigozhin\u2063 required prisoners to stay at the \u2063front lines in order to be pardoned and\u200b sent home with a sum of \u2063money.<\/p>\n<p>According \u200dto the BBC, there are approximately 20 suspects involved in\u200b serious offenses, \u200cincluding rape and murder, who were recruited as Wagner fighters while in prison and released early to serve in Ukraine. Prigozhin \u2062allegedly welcomed these prisoners \u200cback home by \u2062hailing them as &#8220;war heroes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Unforeseen Consequences<\/h2>\n<p>The war in Ukraine has had far-reaching consequences beyond the battlefield. Ukraine\u2064 has retaliated by launching drone \u2064attacks in Moscow and targeting Russian warships \u2062in Russian-controlled\u200d waters. This has made it impossible for Russians \u2063to \u200bignore the\u2062 conflict unfolding\u200c at their border.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the war has\u200b led to a crackdown on free \u200bspeech, a loss\u2063 of academics\u2063 leaving the country, and an increased risk of criminals \u2064roaming\u2063 the\u2063 streets\u2064 due\u2062 to the recruitment\u200c of convicts by Prigozhin\u2062 and Russian\u2062 President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<h3>The Wagner \u200dGroup&#8217;s Brutal Tactics<\/h3>\n<p>Prior\u2064 to its \u200bfailed attempt to seize \u200cpower from the Russian Defense Ministry, the Wagner Group was notorious for its brutal\u2064 war tactics on the front \u200blines in \u200dUkraine. \u200dThey would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-thirds-of-french-support-concept-of-mass-remigration\/\" title=\"Two-Thirds of French Support Concept of Mass 'Remigration'\">send large numbers<\/a> of conscripts directly \u2063into \u2062battle against Ukrainian soldiers, seemingly with little\u200d regard for their survival.<\/p>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s \u200bmanpower\u200d has \u200cbeen a significant advantage in its \u2064war against Ukraine.\u2064 By conscripting prisoners, they have ensured a steady stream of new recruits to wear down the exhausted Ukrainian army. Moscow has recently raised the maximum age \u2063for conscription from 27 to 30, further solidifying their ability to recruit soldiers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Russian ex-prisoner, allegedly forced to join Ukraine&#8217;s Wagner mercenaries, has returned home and is now accused of a brutal double murder alongside two accomplices. If proven, this crime highlights yet another case of early release for Russian convicts to participate in the ongoing war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1996204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1996203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1996203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1996203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1996203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1996204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1996203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1996203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1996203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}