When Violence Comes Home

From Russia with Fear · Jun 16, 2026 · 5m

In this episode of From Russia with Fear, we look at four disturbing cases that show how violence spreads through Russian society — from war and failed punishment to domestic abuse and online predation. A convicted rapist who went to war instead of serving his sentence returns and kills his former wife and her seven-year-old daughter. In Tuva, a 14-year-old boy is murdered after defending younger children. In Ussuriysk, a woman barely survives a knife attack by her partner. And in Moscow, police detain a man accused of posing online as a teenage girl to contact underage boys. These stories…