{"id":196184,"date":"2023-11-23T08:19:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T08:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/?p=196184"},"modified":"2023-11-23T08:19:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T08:19:13","slug":"werewolf-who-killed-86-women-believes-putin-will-let-him-loose-on-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/world-news\/werewolf-who-killed-86-women-believes-putin-will-let-him-loose-on-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Werewolf\u2019 who killed 86 women believes Putin will let him loose on Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    Russia's worst serial killer \u2013 and the only man two ever be given two whole life sentences \u2013 hopes to walk free thanks to Russian President Vladimir Putin. <\/p>\n

    Mikhail Popkov was found guilty of 56 murders between 1992 and 2017, earning him a second life term in prison in Russia last year. Popkov had already been imprisoned for killing 22 women in 2015 \u2013 except he could now walk free by joining Putin's army invading Ukraine.<\/p>\n

    And if he survives six months on the front line, he will be pardoned for his loyalty, with his crimes wiped from his criminal record, as has been done to countless hundreds if not thousands of other lags over the last two year. But with Popkov, wiping his crimes would impact on the families of his near-100 victims.<\/p>\n

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    The murderer, known as a \u201cmaniac\u201d and given the nickname of \u201cThe Werewolf\u201d, used a similar tactic for a large chunk of his crimes. He would stop women and offer them a lift late at night while he was off-duty as a policeman in Angarsk, in the south-eastern part of the nation. He killed his victims using weapons including a hammer and an axe.<\/p>\n

    He would then dispose of their bodies in the woods, at the side of the road and in a cemetery. He was also found guilty of raping 11 of the women.<\/p>\n

    In interviews with police, Popkov described himself as a "cleaner" who believed he was purging his area of prostitutes. Russia's bloodiest serial killer was later convicted of murdering his 82nd and 83rd female victims.<\/p>\n

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