The 111 wounds on Vera Pekhteleva's body. The ramifications of Putin's decision to allow the creation of the army of Russian prisoners

The murder in 2020 of Vera Pekhteleva, by her ex-boyfriend, was so creepy that even in Russia, where violence against women often goes unnoticed, it caused a media protest. Vladislav Kanius tortured a woman for a whole night, and the police did not intervene. Then, although convicted, he was pardoned to fight in Ukraine. Like him, tens of thousands of criminals. A Guardian material captures the ramifications of President Vladimir Putin's decisio…