A murderer-dismemberer from Nizhny Novgorod Region was awarded the "Order of Courage"
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The mayor of the city, who presented the order, called on residents to be equal and proud of such people.
The mayor of the Russian city of Arzamas presented the "Order of Courage" to the family of the occupier Dmitry Bout, who was previously sentenced to 9 years for brutal murder. In January 2023 it became known about his death in the war in Ukraine.
The victim of this butcher was a girl with whom he met in a bar. They came to his house had a drink, after which they had a fight. Bout beat the young woman nearly to death and then covered her airways with a gauze gag and waited for her to suffocate. After torturing the girl's body to death, he tried to dismember her with a hacksaw.
"Today we honor people who glorify the Arzamas land in the most diverse areas of work. (...) I experience a sense of pride that we live next to these people and we can be equal to them!", - said Mayor Shchelokov at the presentation of orders and awards.
In January 2023 it became known that Dmitry Bout died in Donbas. Under what circumstances it happened and how much time he spent on the front, it is unknown, but journalists found out that in Arzamas there is a memorial plate with his name.
Earlier, the medal "For the rescue of the lost" was awarded to the former director of "Eralash" Ilya Belostotsky. Before going to the front, Belostotsky served a sentence on charges of raping a 13-year-old boy.
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