The Russian who Axed Five People Has Been Released 0 29

Yuri Artamonov, who axed five people in the 1990s and is known as the "Ijevsk Raskolnikov," has been released. This was reported by the Telegram channel Shot.

According to the channel, he was released after his second sentence. In total, he spent 25 years and one month in prison. After his release, he was unable to find a job and became homeless, but continues to report to the police department as part of his supervision.

Artamonov was sentenced to the highest penalty for a series of brutal murders in the courtyards of central Ijevsk. All of his victims had their skulls crushed. The maniac was apprehended in 1997. Law enforcement proved his involvement in 21 crimes — five murders, four attempted murders, a series of thefts, and robberies. In 2017, he was released on parole but immediately began stealing — he stole a bicycle and took one thousand rubles from a Russian woman's apartment, for which he was again sentenced to three years and one month.

Yuri Ivanovich Artamonov was born in 1975 in the village of Pazely (Udmurt ASSR) into a poor, large family. He grew up without a father. Artamonov's childhood and teenage years were spent in a socially disadvantaged environment. From an early age, he was regularly subjected to physical violence by his cruel and strict mother, which negatively affected his psyche and personality development. During his school years, Artamonov showed no interest in the educational process and had chronic academic failures. After finishing eight years of school, he enrolled in a rural vocational school, where he trained as a tractor driver.

In 1993, he was drafted into the Russian army in a military unit located in the Far East. Upon returning, he lived with his wife at her parents' home in the Oktyabrsky district of Ijevsk. A daughter was born during their marriage. During this period, Artamonov began to experience financial difficulties and problems with employment. The lack of opportunities to earn a living officially prompted him to decide to obtain money through criminal activity. Artamonov took a household hatchet, work clothes, and cotton gloves. He purchased a revolver on the black market. He hid all of this in a stash near his home.

All of the crimes Yuri Artamonov committed were carried out according to a specific modus operandi. He only acted during the cold season. Disguised in work clothes and posing as a plumber from the housing maintenance service who needed to check the heating systems, Artamonov would enter the apartments of elderly people and begin a cursory "inspection" of the heating devices. At an opportune moment, he would strike the victim several times on the head with the hatchet and carry away everything valuable from the home. The stolen items and jewelry he would give to his wife and mother-in-law, while he spent the money on himself and his family. He primarily operated in the area of May Street and 10th of October Street.

Artamonov committed his first murder on October 25, 1995. After reading in the newspaper that 36-year-old Irina Mezhuyeva from the Ustinovsky district wanted to buy a car, he called the phone number listed in the ad and learned the woman's address. The next day, posing as a plumber, Artamonov went to the address. Irina opened the door. Artamonov immediately demanded that the Doberman dog be locked in a room, citing a fear of dogs. He then pretended to inspect the pipes and radiators for a while before asking the hostess to get him some water. When she went to the kitchen, Artamonov struck her four strong blows with the back and blade of the hatchet to the head, inflicting fatal chopped wounds with skull fractures and brain destruction. He stole 12 million rubles, a VCR, five videotapes, and gold earrings from the house.