The Neighbor Had to Die: A Pensioner’s Murder Plot

A dispute inside a communal apartment in Saint Petersburg turns into a chilling murder plot. School accountant Galina Lysenko allegedly hired a homeless man to kill her neighbor Tatiana Tanik over a long-running housing conflict. But the supposed hitman chose to go to the police instead. In this episode, we explore how property disputes inside Russia’s communal apartments can escalate into violence — and how another pensioner in the Leningrad region tried a similar plan, only to be caught in a police sting operation. Two murder plots, two communal apartments, and one disturbing question: how far will people go for a few square meters of property?