Residents of Berdsk found a murderer freed from the war in Yandex.Taksy

Residents of Berdsk discovered the account of the killer of a local resident, who was released early after participating in the war against Ukraine, in the application for calling a taxi. YandexGo did not respond to their request to not allow him to make calls to women and children. One of the residents of Berdsk, who introduced himself as Andrey, reported this to Sibir.Realia.

“They recognized him by his photo (the application account has a photo of the driver), punched the car’s number plate, it was confirmed that this is the killer of our compatriot Iryna Synelnikova – Stanislav Belousov,” said a local resident. He asked to find out if the company has restrictions for him on calls.

“They don’t let women and children in, as the locals ask, but the company ignores all questions about the situation. I personally contacted them – there was zero reaction,” he added.

34-year-old Irina Synelnikova from Berdsk disappeared in January 2019 when she left to show the car to buyers. A few days later, her body was found in the neighboring region. Later it turned out that the perpetrators of the murder – Dmitry Fursov and Stanislav Belousov – had long planned to rob and kill a car dealer. Both gave confessional statements about how they killed Sinelnikova with the help of a stun gun and a boa constrictor.

In 2021, Belousov and Fursov were sentenced to 18 years and 21 hours in a penal colony, respectively. The court sentenced them, in addition to imprisonment in the colony, to compensation of 1.5 million rubles each to the victims – they recognized the victim’s husband and her brother.

Four years later, Fursov and Belousov were released after being recruited into PMC Wagner and participating in the invasion of Ukraine.

Earlier, Belousov’s mother Alla stated that her son “received awards for his service” for participating in the war, but she does not know whether he paid compensation to the victims: “Well, for God’s sake, let others go and fight, and everything will be fine.”

In Berdsk groups on social networks, residents actively discuss that they are afraid of being called to a murderer who was released early, but their complaints to the taxi service do not yield results.

“Now we are at least warned, but this case is unique because we found it, and how many of yesterday’s killers actually work in taxis and Yandex delivery are not recognized? And then we will find out that they have committed a crime again,” says a participant in one of the discussions.

• Against the background of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, there are regular reports of crimes committed by combatants returning from the war. In many cases, these are prisoners recruited in the colonies and recruited by PMC “Wagner”.
• Recruitment was carried out from the summer of 2022. The head of the PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin himself, came to some colonies. Prisoners were promised amnesty after six months of service “by secret decrees of the president.” On June 13, 2023, Vladimir Putin confirmed that ex-prisoners returning from the front receive amnesty on the basis of his decrees.