Putin pardons two cannibals because they fought against Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin has pardoned Denis Gorin, a cannibal from Sakhalin Oblast, and Nikolai Ogolobyak, who was convicted of ritual murders, because they fought in the war against Ukraine, Russian media reports say.

Source: Holod media; Sibir Realii [Siberia Realities] project; Russian ВВС News service; 76.RU

Details: Gorin, a native of Sakhalin Oblast, has been convicted three times of murdering at least four people in 2003, 2010 and 2011. He committed two of the murders with his brother Yevgeny.

The murder he committed in 2010 was uncovered in the summer of 2012. According to the investigation, Gorin first killed the victim and then cut the flesh off the corpse's legs. He washed it, put it in the refrigerator, and later ate it. After his last conviction, the murderer was sentenced to 22 years in a maximum-security penal colony.

The media reported that a new photo was posted on Gorin's profile on social media a month ago, showing him wearing a military uniform with the letter Z on the sleeve.

Gorin's neighbour Dmitry told journalists where he is now.

Quote from Dmitry: "He is in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk now, in a military hospital, with a moderate injury. He’s basically free, pardoned, and half his [prison] sentence has been wiped out. But I don’t think he’ll stay free for long. His victims' relatives remember everything."

Details: The Russian media also reported that Nikolai Ogolobyak, 33, who was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment in 2010 for the ritual murders of four teenagers and cannibalism, was pardoned this week after fighting in the war in Ukraine.

Ogolobyak's father said he came home to Yaroslavl from the war in early November.

Quote from Ogolobyak's father: "He served in the Storm Z unit for six months... He is disabled after being wounded. He can walk, but the wound was a serious one. He isn’t working yet, he’s recovering. He’s not likely to be drafted back into the special military operation [the Russian term for the war in Ukraine – ed.]."

Ogolobyak was a member of a Satanist sect which started off by killing dogs and cats and in 2008 killed and dismembered four teenagers: three girls and a boy.

The investigation concluded that the murders were ritualistic. The killers had a ritual place where they would light a bonfire, line up in the shape of a pentagram, and stab their victims with daggers. During one of the murders, Ogolobyak is said to have counted out the stabs aloud until he got to 666.

According to the investigation, the corpses were dismembered and buried.

The murderers reportedly cut off the breasts of the first two girls they killed and took out their hearts and tongues, which they roasted and ate.

Most of the sect’s members were under 18 at the time and were sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment. Ogolobyak, who was an adult at the time of the murders, was imprisoned for 20 years and should have remained in the penal colony until 2030.

Background:

• In April 2023, Putin pardoned Vladislav Kanyus, the killer of Vera Pekhteleva, a student in Kemerovo, Siberia.

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