An 18-year-old student in Lipetsk spends months planning the brutal murder of his own father with the help of his best friend. A former Russian deputy defense minister loses assets worth 5.5 billion rubles in one of the country’s biggest corruption scandals. And across Russia, Muslim scholars and religious leaders are arrested under terrorism charges tied to the Muslim Brotherhood. In this episode of From Russia with Fear, we examine shocking violence inside Russian families, corruption at the highest levels of power, and the growing crackdown on religious figures.
An 18-year-old student in Lipetsk spends months planning the brutal murder of his own father with the help of his best friend. A former Russian deputy defense minister loses assets worth 5.5 billion rubles in one of the country’s biggest corruption scandals. And across Russia, Muslim scholars and religious leaders are arrested under terrorism charges tied to the Muslim Brotherhood.
In this episode of From Russia with Fear, we examine shocking violence inside Russian families, corruption at the highest levels of power, and the growing crackdown on religious figures.