Charges dropped against Russian man accused of k!lling 22-year-old Nigerian student as he goes to fight in Ukraine

A Moscow court has suspended criminal proceedings against a local man accused of the m8rder of a female student from Nigeria, independent news outlet Mediazona reported on Friday, August 15.  The case file on the courts website says that the case against Vladimir Shilontsev has been suspended as the defendant had signed a contract to join the Russian army. According to the Moscow courts press service, Shilontsev was being tried for the m8rder of 22-year-old Owena Favour Nkem.  The woman, who moved to Russia in 2023 to study, reportedly worked in the s3x industry, according to Telegram breaking news channel SHOT.  In the early hours of 28 April, 2025, Shilontsev invited the Nigerian woman to his home, where he then drank heavily, argued with her, and then st3bbed her through the heart, SHOT said.  The argument had allegedly been about the charge for their appointment.  Shilontsev then wrapped Nkems body in a sheet and threw it out the window.  Her corpse was discovered the next morning by a janitor, SHOT reported.  Shilontsev was arrested at the end of April.  Since the start of the war in Ukraine, Russias courts and prisons have provided a rich vein of recruits to the countrys military, with men facing trial or those already serving time in prison being offered contracts with the army as an alternative to custodial sentences.   The post Charges dropped against Russian man accused of k!lling 22-year-old Nigerian student as he goes to fight in Ukraine appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.