A pregnant Russian woman is sentenced to six years in prison after defending herself from a violent assault. Fighters connected to the volunteer military unit “Española” are arrested in a weapons trafficking investigation. And a scammer who exploited the fear of a soldier’s mother receives only a suspended sentence. In this episode of From Russia with Fear, we look at how war is changing life inside Russia — from rising violence and military impunity to broken courts and growing fear among ordinary people. As thousands of soldiers return from the front, the consequences of war are no longer limited to the battlefield. They are appearing in homes, courtrooms, and city streets across the country. This episode explores self-defense laws, underground weapons networks, military culture, fraud targeting soldiers’ families, and the deeper social collapse happening behind official propaganda.
A pregnant Russian woman is sentenced to six years in prison after defending herself from a violent assault. Fighters connected to the volunteer military unit “Española” are arrested in a weapons trafficking investigation. And a scammer who exploited the fear of a soldier’s mother receives only a suspended sentence.
In this episode of From Russia with Fear, we look at how war is changing life inside Russia — from rising violence and military impunity to broken courts and growing fear among ordinary people.
As thousands of soldiers return from the front, the consequences of war are no longer limited to the battlefield. They are appearing in homes, courtrooms, and city streets across the country.
This episode explores self-defense laws, underground weapons networks, military culture, fraud targeting soldiers’ families, and the deeper social collapse happening behind official propaganda.