Vladimir Putin has pardoned a brutal killer who murdered his ex-wife, leaving women terrified as he returned to his home city.
Vadim Tekhov, 33, was jailed in 2021 on a 16-year sentence for killing Regina Gagieva, 22, in a frenzied knife attack at her office.
CCTV footage of the brutal killing shocked Russia and the ex-policeman was jailed after the woman died of 15 kitchen knife wounds.