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In the village of Ropsha, Leningrad Region, they are looking for 41-year-old Andrei Kiko, known as the “Sosnovsky Maniac.” Units from the Ministry of Defense and the Police are participating in the search operation. Residents of Rupsha saw a man in civilian clothes showing passers-by on the street a direction with a photo of Kiko, the publication reported. 47 news and “Fontanka”.
In the 2000s, Andre Kiko committed A series of attacks on women in Sosnovsky Park in St. Petersburg. He usually approached them from behind, grabbed them by the neck and pointed a knife at them. From the outside, the rapist and his victim may look like a couple hugging each other, the media wrote. Kiko raped and robbed the women, and gave their belongings to his friends and mother. Some of his victims were killed.
In 2008 the court I confess Kiko is guilty of 2 murders, 8 counts of sexual violence, and 11 counts of robbery. He got 22 years in prison. In 2023, the period was increased to 25 years: Kiko Recognized Guilty of another murder.
According to 47 News, Kiko signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense in mid-2024, when he still had seven years to serve. In January 2025, he was injured and ended up in a hospital in Rostov, after which he went for rehabilitation to a hospital in Kronstadt. There he twice tried to sue the Department of Defense over payments and benefits to war participants. But nothing happened: one claim statement was returned, the second was ignored.
It is not known exactly when Kiko escaped. According to Fontanka, this happened in the summer of 2025. According to 47 news, in the early fall of 2025. However, they started looking for him only recently. According to preliminary data, the Ministry of Defense announced its research around May [2026 года]Before that, his escape was hidden, and the police were informed about it. The General Directorate of the Ministry of Interior did not thank you for that, but the Criminal Investigation Department began searching.”
Since 2022, it has become known about the killing of several serial killers and rapists who were recruited to the front from Russian colonies. Thus, in 2023, Pavel Shuvalov, the “Toulon maniac” died near Lugansk, and was sentenced to 24 years in prison; He is believed to have attacked 27 women, but only two rapes and two murders have been proven. In 2025 became known About the death of Yakov Khanukayev, who was sentenced to 19 years in prison for the rape and murder of three sex workers in Khimki. Early 2026 I mentioned About the death of Yuri Gritsenko, who attacked women with a hammer in a park in Zelenograd in the 2000s.