Cat tortured in Podolsk released on street

A resident of Podolsk, Moscow region, who attempted to kill a cat and held it hostage, threw the animal outside.

Consensus

• A man in Podolsk filmed and posted videos of torturing a gray cat.
• The man released the cat on the street after holding it captive.
• The cat was found with a severely injured leg, was frightened, and managed to hide.
• The cat was last seen near Sadovaya Street in Podolsk.
• A green tape used to bind the cat's paws and face was found nearby.
• Local residents are searching for the cat in the Lvovsky microdistrict.
• The man was arrested on October 2 and taken to a police station.
• Police found several phones, laptops, a whip, a shovel with soil, and other strange items in the man's apartment.
• The man's actions will be legally assessed under national law.

Points of divergence

• The suspect is a 26-year-old local resident named Nikita. — riamo
• The suspect was born in 2000, making him 24 years old at the time of arrest. — vesti
• The man claimed in his video that he was taking revenge on a woman. — vesti
• The incident involving a dog in Novoznamensk, Krasnodar Krai, occurred in January and is unrelated to the cat case. — vm

Coverage (6 sources)

• Podolsk animal abuser who tried to strangle a gray cat threw the animal onto the street — РИАМО
• Volunteers are looking for a cat that was thrown onto the street by a sadist from Podolsk — Вести
• Shot: Cat abuser threw it out on the street in Podolsk, Moscow region — Вечерняя Москва
• Arrested Podolsky animal abuser who beat tied-up cat — РИАМО
• Police in Podolsk caught a torturer who filmed cruelty towards a cat — Вечерняя Москва
• Mad torturer holds cat hostage in Podolsk, near Moscow — РИАМО

Key entities

• Podolsk
• SHOT
• GU
• Russia
• MVD
• Telegram channel
• Moscow Oblast
• Sadovaya Street
• Moscow
• Max
• Networks
• Nadezhda Zhivoderova