The Russian Investigative Committee said on September 10 that a court in the Perm region sentenced a man to 12 years for committing numerous violent crimes against his wife, including rape, robbery, and axing off her right hand. The man, whose identity was not disclosed, was found guilty of inflicting serious bodily harm for axing off her hand. A similar high-profile crime near Moscow in 2017 shocked Russians after a man axed off both his wife's hands. He was sentenced to 14 years in prison. Russia has been criticized for adopting a law in 2017 that decriminalized some forms of domestic violence, one of the country's most challenging decades-long problems. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Idel.Realities, click here.
Russian Man Gets 12 Years In Prison For Axing Off Wife's Hand, Rape, And Other Violent Crimes
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