Talk:Mikhail Popkov

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Did you know... that Russian serial killer Mikhail Popkov has confessed to murdering more people than either Andrei Chikatilo or Alexander Pichushkin?

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"sexually assaulted and murdered 78 women between 1992 and 2010 in Angarsk, Irkutsk, and Vladivostok in Siberia"

as far as i know he never commited any murders in vladivostok also vladivostok is not in siberia 176.59.128.176 (talk) 03:41, 15 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This week Russian courts convicted Popkov of 3 additional murders, bringing his total body count now to 86. 2600:1700:BCD0:FFE0:B1CE:2DB6:D027:B85E (talk) 12:20, 1 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"the Werewolf"

I want to note that the nickname "Werewolf" ("Оборотень") was given him not because of his notorious brutality, but because he was a police officer. In Russia, there is an idiom which can be directly translated as "a werewolf in shoulder straps" ("оборотень в погонах"). It refers to police officers that are involved in crime. 2A00:1FA0:4302:5F47:D852:1DFF:FE1F:F34C (talk) 18:34, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]