A Russian killed a girl for drugs - why he was pardoned.

A student in the Russian Federation killed his girlfriend for money for drugs but avoided imprisonment by going to . Moreover, his university even awarded him for participating in the war provoked by Putin's Kremlin regime.

Murder for drugs

In Russia, where the criminal situation has been complicated and worsened since the start of the war, the situation has become even worse as criminals are allowed to go to the 'SVO' instead of serving their sentences.

One such case occurred in March 2021 in Novosibirsk when a 19-year-old boy named Fedor Khizhin killed his girlfriend Anastasia while celebrating her birthday. It turned out that the criminal was a drug addict, and the motive for the murder was the money he stole from the girl.

The student-murderer is now a hero

In August 2022, Fedor Khizhin was sentenced to 15 years in prison for murder and theft. However, in 2025, he was pardoned, and on the official website of one of the universities in St. Petersburg appeared a photo of the student who participated in the 'SVO', and this student surprisingly resembles the murderer from Novosibirsk.

The list of war participants includes Khizhin's name among the students awarded for participating in the invasion against Ukraine. Obviously, he chose war over prison, receiving a pardon for his crime from the President.

It should be noted that earlier reports indicated other similar cases where criminals avoided punishment by joining the war.