The maniacal strangler Andrei Kiko, who raped and killed girls, escaped from a hospital in the Leningrad region after being wounded during a special operation. This was reported by 47news.ru on Tuesday, May 26.
Residents of Ropsha in the Lomonosovsky district noticed that near collection points, shops and the post office, a man in civilian clothes was showing passers-by a directive with a photo. There was a car with military plates nearby. The car was later seen on nearby gardening lines.
It turned out that they were looking for 41-year-old Andrei Kiko, who was convicted of assaulting girls and murder – and was nicknamed the “maniacal strangler Sosnovsky”. In 2024, he signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense, at which time he had seven years remaining to serve. In January 2025, he was injured. After hospitalization in Rostov, Kiko was transferred to Kronstadt for rehabilitation. He later escaped.
in condition He is said to have been placed on the most wanted list only recently, although he abandoned much earlier. The latter informed the police; Law enforcement officers are looking for a resident of St. Petersburg.
Kiko began attacking girls at the age of nineteen. From 2004 to 2007, he was responsible for 15 surviving victims and three murders – stalking vulnerable and lonely victims near Sosnovka Park. He came from behind, strangled me and put a knife to my chest. He then raped them in the bush or drove them to the apartment. The survivors were seriously injured. During interrogation, he confessed to everything, but then only two murders were identified. The public prosecutor asked for 25 years instead of life imprisonment, but the court gave 22 years. Already in the colony, Kiko confessed to the third murder, and his sentence was increased to 25 years.
The leader of a gang of black landlords from the Krasnodar Territory, Mikhail Litovka, died in the Northern Military District. In 2010, he and his friend killed two people, after previously convincing them to sell their house at a cheap price. They tried to burn another victim alive. The woman survived, but her arms and legs were amputated. At the trial, Litovka made scandals and shouted that he was slandered, but the man was still sent to prison. How the bandit ended up in a special operation and what is known about his crimes is contained in the material “Moscow Evening”.
