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Text size Prosecutors in Saint Petersburg on Monday requested a 15-year jail term for a decorated Russian historian and Napoleon enthusiast accused of murdering and dismembering his young lover last year. The trial, which spurred activists to voice growing anger over domestic abuse in Russia, began in June after delays due to the coronavirus pandemic. A broadcast of the final arguments on Monday showed Oleg Sokolov, a lecturer who received France's Legion d'Honneur in 2003, wearing a grey jacket and mask. He paced back and forth in a glass cell in the courtroom before the prosection req...

Prosecutors Seek 15 Years For Noted Russian Historian Who Murdered, Dismembered Girlfriend December 14, 2020 16:05 GMT Share share Print ST. PETERSBURG, Russia -- Prosecutors in the murder case against a flamboyant Russian professor who murdered and dismembered his student lover are seeking a 15-year prison term for a crime that has captivated St. Petersburg, Russia's second-largest city, over the past year. Prosecutors Asya Lokotkova and Marina Suvorova asked the Oktyabr district court on December 14 to sentence Oleg Sokolov to 13 years in prison for murdering 24-year-old postgraduate stude...