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Gulag for Russian mercenary who beat soldier to death with dildo

Alexey Marushchenko got 18 years after his Yastreb group extorted 12 million rubles from at least 95 recruits for the Ukraine war.

Rob Beschizza
Aug 20, 2026
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Alexei Marushchenko in Yastreb promotional video
Alexei Marushchenko in Yastreb promotional video

Alexey Marushchenko, founder of a small Russian private military company named Yastreb ("Hawk"), is off to the gulag for 18 years after pleading guitly to charges of extortion, fraud, kidnapping and murder. With official support from a Russian general, Alexander Dembitsky, Yastreb recruited men to fight in…

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