Saint Petersburg, Russia
Russian historian Oleg Sokolov fHe was sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison in St. Petersburg on Friday for murdering and dismembering his partner, a case that has reopened the debate on domestic violence in Russia.
Sokolov “was fully aware of it actions at the time of the crimeJudge Yulia Maksimenko said when she delivered the verdict in a court in the former Russian imperial capital.
The defense of a historian He stated his “dissatisfaction” with the sentence, as he has not spoken about a possible appeal.
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Sokolov was arrested on November 10, 2019. He then pleaded guilty and has been tried for murder and possession of weapons since early June.
The police took him out of the Moika River in a drunken state and found two women’s arms and a gun in his backpack. Other fragments of the victim’s body were later found in a different stream.
The 63-year-old historian, Napoleon specialist of St. Petersburg State University, quickly confessed that he had murdered and dismembered one of his former students, 24-year-old Anastassia Echtchenko, with whom he shared his life.
According to news agency Ria Novosti, he claimed to have accidentally committed the murder by shooting him to “end a barrage of insults” during an argument.
The victim’s lawyers said he had premeditated his act. The Russian prosecutor had requested 15 years in prison against him.
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The renowned St. Petersburg State University has been questioned for inertia, as Sokolov was already accused of violence in 2008.