Vladivostok police are looking for a participant in the war in Ukraine, 60-year-old Nikolai Pivovarov, on suspicion of murder. The affidavit notes that he probably killed a 55-year-old neighbor down the street on Russky Island. It is reported by News.Vl.
Pivovarov fought in Ukraine as part of the Tiger volunteer battalion. He has "significant combat experience" and "liquidated a special group in the NVO zone", from where he could bring weapons with him, the source said. The wanted man limps on one leg. Previously, he was convicted under articles on illegal acquisition, transfer, sale, storage, transportation or carrying of weapons and theft.
The Vladivostok police reported that the body of the 55-year-old deceased was found on the beach in the village of Podnozhye. The victim worked on the beach as a security guard. Now the officers are looking for a 60-year-old suspect in the murder, the name does not appear in the summary of law enforcement officers.
In July 2022, the Primorsky Territory authorities announced the formation of the Tiger battalion based on the 155th Marine Brigade of the Pacific Fleet. In total, in 2022, more than 40 volunteer battalions were formed in the regions of Russia. The Russians sign short-term contracts with the Ministry of Defense, they are promised a salary of up to 200,000 rubles a month.
Earlier in the Nizhny Novgorod region, a man who returned from the war against Ukraine killed his wife in front of their children, 6 and 7 years old. The Insider noted that former prisoners who returned from the war, who are taken to the Wagner PMC, after the promised release by the authorities and arrival in their hometowns, terrorize the local population, become addicted to alcohol or die from overdoses of psychoactive substances. Some of the prisoners return to crime again, there are already several cases of murder .
