Husbands Kill Their Wives — and Escape Prison by Going to War

Two brutal domestic murders in Russia expose a disturbing pattern. In Kazan, Dinara Mingaliev strangled his wife and nearly killed their three-year-old son, breaking both of the child’s arms. In Volgograd, Sergey Orlov shot and dismembered his former wife over a minor household dispute. Both men now seek to avoid long prison sentences by signing military contracts and going to the war zone. These cases reveal how extreme violence against women is increasingly followed by impunity under the cover of war.