The affair had caused a stir at the end of last year. Internationally recognized historian Oleg Sokolov, 63, specialist in Napoleon and professor of the chair of modern history at St. Petersburg State University, was arrested for the horrific murder of his student who became his partner , Anastassia Echtchenko, 24 years old. Several times postponed due to a pandemic, his trial opened on Tuesday, without the public, but broadcast online. Oleg Sokolov appeared with a mask and wearing surgical gloves, before entering the glass cage reserved for the accused.
On November 10, early in the morning, he was drunk drunk from the Moika, one of the canals in the center of Saint Petersburg. In his backpack, there are two female arms, cut at the elbows, and an alarm pistol. Oleg Sokolov is said to have fallen in the water while he was trying to make disappear the remains of his victim but will also affirm to have wanted to be deleted.
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