Popkov, dubbed "the Werewolf" and the "Angarsk maniac" by Russian media, offered rides to women late at night, sometimes in his police car, while off-duty around his city of Angarsk near Irkutsk ...

Popkov’s conviction Monday would make him Russia’s most prolific known serial killer and one of history’s most lethal individuals. In 2006, Alexander Pihuskin was sentenced to life in prison ...

Popkov, one of Russia's deadliest serial killers and nicknamed the "maniac of Angarsk," killed his victims with axes, knives or screwdrivers, police said. IE 11 is not supported.

Mikhail Popkov, a former Russian cop nicknamed the 'werewolf,' believed to be the country's most prolific killer, has been convicted of murdering 56 more women, swelling the number of his victims ...

Popkov wrongly accused his wife of cheating on him, causing him to seek revenge against women. Filed under. homicide prisons russia serial killers 1/13/17; Read Next Trump ...

Mikhail Popkov also says he performed well in his job as a police officer. While murdering 82 women between 1992 and 2010. Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent.

Popkov also provided information on 12 more slayings and has put his total kill count at a whopping 59. The tally puts Popkov up there with Russia’s two other most prolific serial killers: ...

A Russian serial killer serving two life sentences for his brutal crimes has said he wants to be released from prison to join Vladimir Putin's forces fighting in Ukraine.. Mikhail Popkov, 58, is ...

A former Russian police officer, The Werewolf's real name is Mikhail Popkov, and he already had been found guilty of 22 murders. But in a horrifying confession, he has now admitted to slaying a ...

Roman Popkov, 45, is the former leader of the radical National Bolshevik Party and was a prominent anti-Putin activist in Russia well before the war with Ukraine, which began in February 2022.

Mikhail Popkov, from the eastern Siberian city of Angarsk, was first arrested in 2012 and sentenced to life in prison for the murder of 22 women. While in custody, Popkov confessed to 20 more.