The Krasnodar Krai Regional Court sentenced the organizer of a…
The Krasnodar Krai Regional Court sentenced the organizer of a criminal gang involved in the murder of animators in 2023, Demyan Kevorgyan, to life imprisonment.
Consensus
- Three individuals were sentenced by the Krasnodar Regional Court for the murder of two animators on the M-4 'Don' highway in April 2023.
- The victims were attacked after their car had a flat tire while returning from an event.
- The attackers robbed the victims, killed them with knives, and buried their bodies in a forest belt.
- One defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment, two others received 23 and 25 years respectively.
- The court ordered compensation for moral and material damages totaling over 28 million rubles.
- The defendants were found guilty by a jury in May 2026.
Points of divergence
- Demyan K. was sentenced to life imprisonment; Anatoly D. received 25 years; Aram T. got 24.5 years. — riamo
- One defendant received life imprisonment with a fine of 600,000 rubles; two others were sentenced to 23 and 25 years with fines of 300,000 and 400,000 rubles respectively. — interfax
- Aram Tatosyan was sentenced to 23 years; Anatoly Dvoyenikov received 25 years. The court also stripped the life sentence recipient of the 'Medal for Courage'. — m24
Coverage (3 sources)
- Murderers of animators in Krasnodar received sentences from 24 years to life — РИАМО
- Three defendants sentenced in case of animators' murder on the Kuban — Интерфакс
- Organizer of animators' murder in Krasnodar Territory sentenced to life imprisonment — Москва 24
Key entities
- Kuban
- Krasnodar Krai
- Krasnodar Krai Court
- Demyan Kevorkyan
- Moscow
- INTERFAX.RU
- 112
- Krasnodar
- United Press Service of Courts
- Ust-Labinsk
- Kirill Ch.
- Tatyana M.