On Monday, however, the once haughty Sokolov, 63, sobbed uncontrollably as he appeared in a St Petersburg court to express “deep repentance” for killing and dismembering his 24-year-old student and lover, Anastasia Yeshchenko. On Saturday, Sokolov was fished out of the frigid Moika River in St Petersburg — he had fallen in, drunk — along with a backpack containing Yeshchenko’s arms. The Russian Military Historical Society, headed by Russia’s culture minister, Vladimir Medinsky, removed Sokolov from its scientific council. The organization, the Institute of Social Science, Economics and Politics, was set up in 2018 by Maréchel, who visited St. Petersburg earlier this year to explore cooperation with Sokolov’s university. “The dividing line between Napoleon and Sokolov disappeared a long time ago,” she said.

Source: bd News24 November 12, 2019 08:05 UTC