A MAN accused of killing and raping his son’s nannies has been spared a trial by Vladimir Putin so he can fight in the Ukraine war.
Dmitry Artamoshin, 47, was arrested in Moscow in November and charged with the murder of two women, coercing two others into using , as well as rape and sexual assault.
Nicknamed the “Bogorodsky Maniac”, he met his alleged victims online under the guise of looking for a nanny for his boy.
Lured by the promise of a job, they would come to his home, stay there, and then vanish without a trace.
Artamoshin forced his son to watch his rapes, and used violence on him if he ever disobeyed, according to evidence from Russian enforcement.
The now 10-year-old is traumatised, suffering from , and covered in scars and injuries, officers said.
The bodies of Maria Vlasova, 25, and Alyona Bolotova, 19, were eventually found in a garden close to the suspect’s house in Bogorodsky, in the Moscow region.
One of them was buried 7ft deep under compost, and the other in a well shaft.
Other victims, including Anna Terentyeva, then 19, are believed to have fled, according to evidence against him.
So did the boy’s mother, Artamoshin’s wife, Polina Fomicheva, who faced “violence, including sexual abuse, beating and coercing into drug use”.
“We had no idea what was happening,” said a neighbour. “He just looked like a normal gardener with a school-age child.”
If convicted, he potentially faced a life behind bars – so he has chosen .
If he survives the bloodshed on the frontline, Artamoshin will be a free man.
He will be sent to the North Military District, according to a post on the Telegram channel 112.
The Kremlin has been recruiting convicts for its war since 2022, first under Wagner and later directly under the Russian Defence Ministry.
In October 2024, the Russian President signed two bills into law allowing defendants awaiting sentencing to join the in exchange for avoiding jail time and criminal liability.
As long as they are willing to spill blood in his name, any prisoner can in effect evade responsibility.
Most receive minimal training before being deployed and are just used as expendable infantry in high-casualty frontline assaults.
The exact number of convicts that have signed up for contracts remains unclear.
As of May 2026, there were 282,000 people in Russian jails, whereas in March that figure stood at 308,000.
This is also the lowest figure since the early 2000s.
