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Russian Army Deserter Found Dead in Thailand After Horrific Torture
Mutilated Half-Naked Tourist Found Dead in Thai Beauty Spot After Horrific Torture
Ilya Orlov was believed to be avoiding a call-up from the Russian Army to fight in the war against Ukraine, and had been travelling around Thailand and Malaysia since January before he was found dead
AP 6 SEP 2024
A man who was found half-naked near a popular tourist beach may have been the victim of a gang killing, and was likely tortured to death. Ilya Orlov pictured with his wife Svetlana
Ilya Orlov was believed to be avoiding a call-up from the Russian Army to fight in the war against Ukraine, and had been travelling around Thailand and Malaysia since January.
The 27-year-old *was found with multiple stab wounds and signs of ?torture? in a ditch at Karon beach in Phuket.
*?The dead man had multiple injuries, including wounds near his eyes, severe bruising around his left ear and deep cuts on both arms. It appeared he had been bludgeoned with a hard object," the Bangkok Post reported.
Police believe he had been killed elsewhere and his body moved to the beach. Orlov had been seeking to earn money to support his wife and daughter with crypto trading, but it is thought he had started to lose money.
He was trying to avoid being called up to fight
?The Russian could have contacted Thai gangsters to earn money,? reported news outlet SHOT.* ?He was killed in another place, and the body was dumped in the ditch.? *His wife Svetlana - who said he had gone out wearing only shorts - was reportedly helping police trace his final movements. *
Hundreds of thousands of Russian men fled abroad to avoid being drafted to fight in Vladimir Putin?s war against Ukraine. The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times reported in December 2023 that a declassified US intelligence assessment, shared with Congress, estimated 315,000 Russian personnel had been killed or injured since the start of the invasion.
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