The Stepfather Killer: Russia’s Darkest Crimes This Week

In this episode of From Russia with Fear, we examine several shocking cases that reveal the growing violence and dysfunction inside modern Russia. A brutal family massacre in Buryatia leaves a mother and her teenage daughter dead after a stepfather carried out a horrifying attack in front of a small child. In Novorossiysk, an 8-year-old boy dies after visiting a private clinic, where doctors allegedly gave him the wrong dosage of medication and lacked emergency supplies. Meanwhile, in the Chelyabinsk region, a man storms into a family apartment and beats a 12-year-old boy over damaged bicycle tires. And in Saint Petersburg, a senior police colonel is arrested over accusations of involvement in a violent robbery connected to hundreds of thousands of dollars. These stories are not isolated tragedies. Together, they paint a disturbing picture of fear, violence, negligence, and corruption spreading through everyday life in Russia.