 Russian satanic cannibal pardoned and released after fighting in Ukraine. The Russian media website 76.ru broke the news that the self-confessed member of a satanic sect who had been sentenced in 2010 to 20 years in prison for murder, cannibalism and the violation of dead bodies had been freed after completing six months of military service fighting in Moscow's war in Ukraine. According to the Kiev Post, the Russian website goes into excruciating detail about the crimes committed against four teenagers in 2008. Nikolai Ogolobyak from the Yaroslavl region of Russia was found guilty of the murders along with seven underage accomplices, one of whom was declared insane during the trial. The killings were carried out as part of a so called initiation rituals for the cult. The 76.ru report details how the sect started by torturing and killing cats and dogs before resorting to murder. Four teenagers Anna Gorokhova, Olga Pukhova, Andrey Sorokin and Varavara Kozmina were killed in two separate attacks on consecutive nights in June 2008. Ogolobyak was released earlier this month after being severely injured fighting in Ukraine according to his father. He is not working, he is recovering. His father said adding it is unlikely that he will be taken to the special military operation again. Russia's Defense Ministry and the Wagner mercenary group recruited heavily from Russian prisoners in late 2022 and throughout 2023 to make up for manpower losses during the so called special military operation in Ukraine. Convicts were promised pardons in exchange for as little as six months of military service.