Putin's spokesman Peskov commented on the pardon of Vladislav Kanyus, the murderer of student Vera Pekhteleva
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"There is a certain procedure for pardon. It is an admission of guilt, a decision at the level of the FSIN, then at the level of the region, then at the level of the federal district, then the central commission, then the documents are submitted to the president. This is one way. There is a second way - when they redeem with blood, including on serious articles. They redeem their crimes with blood on the battlefield, in assault brigades, under bullets, under shells," he said.
Vladislav Kanyus killed student Vera Pekhteleva in January 2020, strangling her with an iron wire. Before that, he beat the girl for several hours while police failed to respond to calls from neighbors who heard the woman's screams. In July 2022, Kanius received 17 years in a maximum-security prison. Kanius did not plead guilty.
A year later, Pekhteleva's mother noticed that Kanyus began posting photos on social media in camouflage uniforms and with weapons in his hands, and suggested that he had been recruited to take part in the war in Ukraine. In November, the prosecutor's office informed the parents of the murdered girl that Putin had pardoned Kanyus back in late April.
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