Russia pardoned a murderer who put his girlfriend through a meat grinder because he agreed to fight in Ukraine, his mom says

• A Russian murderer was pardoned after fighting against Ukraine with the Wagner group, his mom said.
• He served less than half of his 11-year prison sentence for killing his girlfriend.
• He confessed to putting her corpse through a meat grinder in 2018.

A Russian convicted murderer who was sentenced to 11 years in prison after he killed his girlfriend and put her body through a meat grinder has been pardoned after fighting against Ukraine, his mother said.

The mother of Dmitry Zelensky told the Russian media news outlet 59.RU that her son was pardoned after serving less than half of his sentence.