Murder, alcohol and prostitutes: Wagner convicts pardoned by Putin return to terrorise home towns

[Uncle Joe]

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Locals knew the man, Soslan Valiyev, 38, as an idiosyncratic but popular fixture in Tskhinvali, the tiny capital of the Russian-backed breakaway region of South Ossetia in Georgia.

Tsugri, as Valiyev was affectionately nicknamed by everyone in town, had a developmental disability. “As long as I could remember Tskhinvali, Tsugri was always there, greeting cars as they entered the city with his big smile,” said Alik Puhati, a journalist and South Ossetian native.

“He was loved by everyone in our tight community. A welcomed guest at weddings and dinners, people really took care of and protected him,” Puhati added.

The shock was therefore palpable in Tskhinvali when the news broke out that Tsugri had been killed that evening. A harrowing video published on Telegram channels showed a man chasing and kicking Tsugri moments before he reportedly stabbed him to death.

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Local authorities announced in the early hours of Tuesday that they had arrested a man who was suspected of murdering Tsugri. The man, who was identified by state-run media, was Georgiy Siukayev, a convicted murderer who was recruited from jail last autumn by the Wagner paramilitary organisation to fight in Ukraine.

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/22/alcohol-and-prostitutes-wagner-convicts-pardoned-by-putin-return-to-terrorise-home-towns

[AZ8theist]

1. Let's empty the jails of murderers, rapists and thieves to go fight in Ukraine

And if they survive the meatgrinder, release them back in to society.

What could possibly go wrong?

[Hestia]

2. My heart hurts because I used to work with a guy who looked and acted like the one who was killed

Co-workers would make fun of him and yell at him because the co-workers would go too fast in explanations as to what he needed to do. He'd just smile and say "I know you are overworked" and go and try and do what they asked. I used to yell at our co-workers, even the big boss, for the way they talked to and treated him. They said he doesn't get it, I would tell them that doesn't mean he is their personal whipping post. It's not like we were doing rocket science and if he is that much of a problem (which he really wasn't, he did his job and did it well once he caught on) let him go, but I think they got some sort of tax break because he hired through a state agency. I just couldn't handle the mistreatment because he was the kindest, most gentlest soul I have ever met. He was about 60 when I met him so just imaging his life's story...he was definitely a Sacred Fool. They are on earth to teach us.