{
  "id": 10494660,
  "title": "Russian court sentences serial killer Alexei Gaskov to life for murdering nine women and one man outside Moscow",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/russian-court-sentences-serial-killer-alexei-gaskov-to-life-for",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-28T16:59:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Meduza (English)",
    "slug": "meduza-english",
    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/09/28/russian-court-sentences-serial-killer-alexei-gaskov-to-life-for-murdering-nine-women-and-one-man-outside-moscow"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Moscow Regional Court has sentenced serial killer Alexei Gaskov to life in prison for the murders of nine women and one man in the Moscow region. Gaskov, 51, from Berdsk, confessed to the crimes and claimed he had committed more than 100 murders since 1995. The victims include a young student from Peru, Agnes Carolina Santisteban, whose body was found near a dormitory in Khimki. Gaskov was first detained in 2002 in Moscow, where he studied at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, also known as VGIK. He was friends with another serial killer, Mikhail Yudin, also known as the \"Berdsk Maniac\" or \"Denim Maniac.\" Gaskov was initially suspected of murdering a young woman with Yudin but later confessed to the killings. In 2024, he became a suspect in the earlier murders. He was sentenced to pay 3 million rubles.",
  "summary": "The Moscow Regional Court sentenced serial killer Alexei Gaskov to life in prison after finding him guilty of murdering nine women and one man. The court also ordered him to pay 3 million rubles.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}