FROM WAR HEROES TO PUBLIC THREATS: THE VIOLENCE COMING HOME

In this episode of From Russia with Fear, we examine four disturbing cases that reveal the darker consequences of war, violence, and social breakdown in modern Russia. An 11-year-old girl narrowly escapes an attempted abduction and sexual assault by a former Wagner fighter. A decorated veteran is arrested after threatening to kill police officers and their families during a bizarre outburst in a Moscow bakery. A former vice-governor convicted of taking massive bribes dies on his first assault mission after trading prison time for military service. And in Ulan-Ude, a group of teenagers attack a man with stones and bricks after he refuses to give them cigarettes. These stories raise difficult questions about trauma, accountability, youth violence, and the growing number of former prisoners and combat veterans returning to civilian life. As the war continues, its consequences are increasingly being felt far from the battlefield.