Putin pardons man convicted of ex-girlfriend’s brutal murder in 2020 — Meduza
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Vladimir Putin has issued a pardon for Vladislav Kanyus, a Kemerovo native who was sentenced to 17 years in prison for the brutal murder of 23-year-old college student Vera Pekhteleva in 2020, according to human rights lawyer Alyona Popova.

Human rights lawyer Alyona Popova posted a message from the Rostov Regional Prosecutor’s Office to Pekhteleva’s parents on Telegram. According to the document, the Russian president issued the pardon on April 27, 2023.

"What should we do? The same as always: don’t be silent!” Popova wrote.