Returning from the war, a previously convicted fighter of PMC “Wagner” was arrested for murder

In Chuvashia, PMC fighter “Wagner”, who was recruited for the war in Ukraine in one of the Russian colonies, after returning from the combat zone was again sent to a pre-trial detention center – on charges of murder, reports Idel.Realii.

According to the media, 23-year-old Nikita Lyubimov was tried for robbery and rape. Last year, he went to Ukraine as part of the “Wagner” PMC, was wounded there, and then returned to his family – in the village of Murzakovo, Morgaush District, Chuvash Republic.

According to the official release of the Investigative Committee, at the end of May Lyubimov, being in a state of alcoholic intoxication, beat to death a local resident, 56-year-old Igor Pushkin. As reported by Idel.Realii, Pushkin previously acted as a victim in the second criminal case initiated against Lyubimov and testified against him.

• Private military company “Wagner” is a Russian unofficial military unit that takes part in ground operations in Syria, Africa and in the war with Ukraine. Company fighters are accused of committing numerous war crimes, including extrajudicial executions.
• In the summer of last year, after several military defeats by the Russian army on the territory of Ukraine, PMC “Wagner” began to recruit prisoners into its ranks and send them to war. Convicts who agreed to take part in hostilities had to spend six months on the front line, they were forbidden to retreat and surrender under the threat of execution. Those who remained alive after six months were promised freedom. In this way, tens of thousands of fighters were recruited into the PMC.
• Recently, there has been an increase in the number of crimes committed by servicemen who have returned from Ukraine, in particular, by former fighters of the PMC “Wagner”. So, at the end of May in Novosibirsk, one of the mercenaries was arrested on charges of raping two underage girls. The founder of PMC “Wagner”, St. Petersburg businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, who is close to Vladimir Putin, confirmed that the accused was a fighter of his company.