The Olekminsk district court in Russia's Siberian region of Sakha-Yakutia sentenced a man to 5 1/2 years in prison for severely beating his wife and cutting off her nose and an ear, the court said on July 30. Yevgeny Ivanov was also ordered to pay 2 million rubles ($23,000) to the victim, Anastasia Ivanova. The 24-year-old man attacked his wife in front of their children in April after she told him she wanted a divorce following his release from prison where he had served time for a drug-related conviction. Ivanova said the sentence is too lenient. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Siberia.Realities, click here.
Siberian Man Who Cut Off Wife's Nose, Ear Gets 5 1/2 Years In Prison
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