He cut off his acquaintance’s head, killed her six-year-old son, and went to the “special military operation” (SVO)

A shocking true story from Serov, Sverdlovsk region. Alexander Gook beheaded Olga Soroka, killed her six-year-old son, and then avoided a likely life sentence by signing a military contract and leaving for the war zone. We also tell the case of Mikhail Lobakov, convicted for torturing and murdering his wife, who went to the front and was later praised as a hero. This episode asks: what happens to justice when the battlefield becomes a way out of prison?