SVO “Hero” Terrorizes an Entire Building and Beats His Neighbors

Residents of a Vladivostok high-rise say a neighbor who returned from the war is terrorizing their building—beating his partner and, a day later, ambushing the condo board chair outside his door. Security footage and medical reports document the assaults; rumors of “law-enforcement friends” only deepen the fear. In this episode of From Russia with Crime, we unpack how a single man can hold an entire building hostage—and why neighbors felt they had to act before the police did.