The Pensioner Who Hired a Hitman to Kill Her Friend

In Krasnoyarsk, a 64-year-old pensioner hired a hitman — one of her debtors — to kill her close friend to avoid repaying a 200,000-ruble loan. The murder-for-debt plot shocked Russia with its cruelty and cynicism. We reveal how a mild-looking grandmother turned into a calculating killer, the accomplice who betrayed her, and why cases like this are becoming disturbingly common.