INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russian President Vladimir Putin has pardoned a man convicted in the murder of his ex-girlfriend after he is believed to have signed up to
maximum-security prison over the 2020 murder of Vera Pekhteleva in the Siberian city of Kemerovo.Activist Popovasaid prison authorities had
3, in which Kanyus was said to have been pardoned and had his conviction expunged by presidential decree on April 27.Putin said in June that
he was "signing pardon decrees" for prisoners fighting in Russia's war against Ukraine, claiming the recidivism rate among them was below
2017, Russia decriminalized first-time domestic violence offenses, a move activists argue enables abusers and strengthens the culture of
