Belarusian maniac sits in Russia and invents new criminal cases for himself to avoid returning to prison where he is tortured

Oleg Saltrukovich in court

Belarusian citizen Oleg Saltrukovich, who is to remain in a Russian prison until 2031, is looking for every possible legal loophole to stay under investigation for as long as possible — he writes threats to judges and prosecutors, and then asks to be punished for it.

In Russia, Saltrukovich is known as the "Serpukhov maniac" — in 2007, the native of Brest terrorized the Moscow region. He is responsible for a series of 13 crimes against women — the murder of Elena Azarova from Serpukhov, armed robberies with a knife and a pneumatic pistol, including against mothers with children.

Saltrukovich also had a criminal background in Belarus — something for theft and alimony, but it resulted in a suspended sentence. Several other cases did not go to court — robbery with attempted murder of one girl, and an attempt to rape another girl. At that time, Saltrukovich was already imprisoned in Russia, so the statutes of limitations in Belarus had expired.

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Oleg Saltrukovich. Photo: Belpol

When the maniac was caught in Russia, he tried to feign illness — claiming he served in the French Foreign Legion. He was even partially believed — initially sent for compulsory treatment, but a second examination revealed that Saltrukovich was healthy and merely faking it.

As a result, Saltrukovich was given about 20 years of imprisonment and sent to a penal colony. There he received new criminal cases and new sentences — for assaulting employees. The charges also included "disorganization of the activities of a correctional institution" and "attempted violent acts of a sexual nature".

The estimated release date is 2031, but he still has to live until then. Saltrukovich is clearly having a hard time behind bars; he has claimed torture.

Therefore, the Belarusian devised a multi-step plan — to get new minor criminal cases that would not increase his overall sentence but would help him escape the colony. During the investigation, a person must be transferred to a pre-trial detention center (SIZO), and he wanted to take full advantage of this.

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Oleg Saltrukovich

In 2021, Saltrukovich, who was serving his sentence in the Arkhangelsk region, sent two letters with threats from the penal colony. The first was to a judge of the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don: Saltrukovich threatened murder and bodily harm if the judge did not overturn the verdict of his acquaintance. He sent the second letter with similar threats to the workplace of the assistant prosecutor of the Privolzhsky district of Kazan.

The investigators in Kazan dragged their feet until the last moment but were eventually forced to initiate criminal cases. However, they arranged it so that by the time the case reached court, more than two years had passed since the "threats." This meant the court would simply dismiss the prosecution due to the statute of limitations.

A normal person would have stopped there. But Saltrukovich filed an appeal, demanding that the case's termination be overturned and returned for a new review.

In the complaint, Saltrukovich himself explained why he wrote the letters: he took phrases and entire sentences from Boris Sedov's book "Without Love," and his real goal was to ensure a case was opened against him and he was transferred to the Kazan pre-trial detention center — to avoid being a victim of torture in the penal colony.

However, the court did not believe the story about torture.

Another detail is revealing. Saltrukovich demanded a translator into Belarusian, stating that as a Belarusian, he did not understand most of what was said in Russian and therefore could not defend himself.

The court also rejected this, noting that Russian is an official language in Belarus, Saltrukovich has lived in Russia for a long time, and he himself writes petitions and even appeals in Russian. The court similarly regarded his endless petitions for additional familiarization with the case as "abuse of rights and clear procrastination" of the process.

Decision of the Supreme Court of Tatarstan dated May 5, 2026 — final — Saltrukovich will face no consequences for the threatening letters, and no one intends to review the case again.

The maniac will have to return to the penal colony.

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