In a killing spree spanning three decades, Mikhail Viktorovich Popkov stalked the streets of Angarsk as well as other locations in Russia s Irkutsk region, hunting for potential victims.
Sex attacker Mikhail Popkov, 58, wants to join the Wagner Private Army - that has seen thousands of murderers, rapists and other hardened criminals become mercenaries.
On March 4, Russia adopted a new administrative statute and a draconian criminal law against "discrediting the armed forces." In the two weeks since, the country has seen a massive wave of repression against any form of criticism against the Kremlin's "special military operation" in Ukraine.
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has called on Russia to stop targeting journalists after one of its contributors lost an appeal against her inclusion on Russia’s controversial registry of “foreign agent” media. The City Court in the western Russian city of Pskov on May 5 said the inclusion of RFE/RL contributor Lyudmila Savitskaya on the Justice Ministry’s list was lawful. “Lyudmila is not a foreign agent she, and RFE/RL journalists Denis Kamalyagin and Sergei Markelov, are Russian nationals providing objective news and information to their fellow citizens,” RFE/RL President Jamie Fly said in a statement.