An ex-prisoner from PMC-Wagner, pardoned by Putin, was detained for violence against a 9-year-old girl in Kurgan, ASTRA sources
Ex-mercenary of the Wagner PMC, 34-year-old Andrey Frolov, was detained in Kurgan. A criminal case was opened against the man under Part 4 of Art. 132 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (violent acts of a sexual nature). According to investigators, the man abused a second-grade student. The girl is 9 years old, ASTRA found out.
Frolov has been previously convicted several times: for rape, murder, car theft, insulting a government official and driving while drunk. From prison in November 2022, he enlisted in the Wagner PMC, went to war in Ukraine and returned to freedom in May 2023. Putin pardoned all PMC participants with closed decrees.
Earlier , ASTRA reported that the ex-prisoner, pardoned by Putin for his participation in the war in Ukraine, was detained in the village of Yurgamysh, Kurgan region, for abusing a 7-year-old girl.
An ex-prisoner pardoned by Putin for participating in the war in Ukraine was detained in the Kurgan region for abusing a 7-year-old girl, ASTRA sources
IN In the village of Yurgamysh, 32-year-old participant in the war in Ukraine Ivan Kalinin (pictured) was detained. According to investigators, on March 9, 2024, a man committed sexual assault against a first-grade student. A criminal case has been initiated under Part 4 of Art. 132 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
As ASTRA found out, Ivan Kalinin was previously convicted twice for intentionally causing grievous bodily harm, robbery and robbery. From prison, he was recruited into the Russian Ministry of Defense. The man served in the war in Ukraine from May to November 2023. After this, Kalinin was pardoned by Putin and returned home.
Now, for abusing a 7-year-old girl, he faces 12 to 20 years in prison.
Pardon decrees that concern former prisoners who became servicemen of the Wagner PMC are classified as classified, said press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov, an RBC correspondent reports. According to him, he cannot comment on these decrees.
On January 5, the founder of the Wagner PMC, businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin , announced that the first group of participants in the military operation from among former prisoners completed six months of contract service and received a pardon. He clarified that we are talking about two dozen people.
“You know that there are open decrees and there are decrees with various classifications of secrecy. It is precisely because of this decree that I cannot say anything. But I can confirm that the entire procedure for pardoning prisoners is carried out in strict accordance with Russian legislation,” Peskov said.
He also commented on Vladimir Putin awarding the medal “For Courage” to the commander of the assault group of the Wagner PMC, Hayk Gasparyan, a former prisoner of the Ryazan colony. “He is taking part in a special military operation, and he showed heroism during a special military operation, which was recognized with a state award,” Peskov said.
The United States’ classification of the Wagner PMC as a transnational criminal organization, according to the presidential representative, is unfounded; there were no clear arguments in this regard.
“Including what they say about the CAR (Central African Republic – RBC ) – also sounds quite unfounded. There is no evidence, no confirmation – nothing is provided to the public. This significantly devalues the meaning of those statements coming from Washington,” Peskov emphasized.
Previously, the US Treasury classified the Wagner PMC as a transnational criminal organization. The department said that, in addition to participating in the military operation in Ukraine, the PMC “destabilized African countries” and “creates a transcontinental threat.”
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