Two murderers, one kidnapper: nine convicts escape Russian military training ground

Radio Liberty’s Russian-language bureau reported, citing Pepel.

The media published a description of the fugitives, which was obtained by local police stations. According to it, the fugitives are named Eduard Arutunyan, Igor Bolonin, Pavel Migunov, Denis Mustyakov, Roman Ser, Nikolay Bagrov, Alexei Gryazyutin, Alexander Ivanov and Alexander Kasatkin.

Two of them were serving sentences in penal colonies for murder, two for inflicting grievous bodily harm, and another for kidnapping.

According to the outlet, the contract officers “did not pass the probationary period” after entering the service. Six of them left the range without permission on July 26, and three more managed to do so the next day. The description of the escaped soldiers does not specify whether they had weapons.

Separately, the Pepel outlet reports that an instructor of the Storm Z unit, which consists mainly of Russian convicts, escaped from one of the military units located on the territory of Ukraine.

Earlier, instructor Yevhen Zarubin recorded a video detailing the heavy losses his unit suffered in a battle near Vovchansk, Kharkiv region. According to him, he was able to withdraw only two-thirds of his unit. Later, Zarubin was forced to record a retraction.

• Several members of the Russian State Duma have recently expressed concerns about a possible increase in crime after former convicts return from the front.