Nizhny Tagil Child-Murder Convict Appeals Life Term as Nizhny Novgorod Teen Gets Five Years for Stepmother’s Killing

Overview

• Defense for Vladimir Alexandrov filed an appellate complaint on November 14, according to the court case docket.
• Alexandrov was sentenced on October 30 to life in a special-regime colony and ordered to pay 8 million rubles to the victim’s father.
• Investigators say he raped and strangled an 11-year-old neighbor in Nizhny Tagil in August 2024 and was detained at a Moscow airport, with a psychiatric exam finding him sane.
• The case moved from a planned jury trial to a closed hearing before a single judge after the defendant withdrew his request for jurors.
• In a separate ruling on November 14, a 17-year-old in the Nizhny Novgorod region received five years in a general-regime colony for killing his stepmother in Ogibnoe, with police reporting a prompt arrest under Article 105.