Life Sentence for a Soldier Who Executed a Mother of Four in Kursk Region

A Russian military court has sentenced contract soldier Dmitry Stenkin to life in prison for the murder of 41-year-old Olesya Larina, a mother of four, and the attempted abduction of her children. Armed and intoxicated, the former convict broke into a family home in the village of Giryi in the Kursk region, shot the woman after she resisted rape, and critically wounded her husband. This episode examines the crime, the court ruling, eyewitness testimonies, and the growing wave of violence committed by former prisoners and returning soldiers from the war.