Murder of Yevgeny Nuzhin

Yevgeny Nuzhin
Yevgeny Nuzhin
Евгений Нужин
	Nuzhin just moments before his execution
Born	1967; Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union; (now Kazakhstan)
Died	November 2022 (aged 54–55); Russia
Cause of death	Killed with a sledgehammer
Nationality	Russian
Known for	Russian mercenary killed for treason

Yevgeny Anatolyevich Nuzhin (Russian: Евгений Анатольевич Нужин; 1967 – November 2022) was a convicted Russian murderer who enlisted in Wagner Group during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

He was a prisoner of war in Ukraine and was later summarily executed by the Wagner Group for alleged treason.

^ Focht, Elizaveta; Lotareva, Anastasia (2022-11-17). ""Тот, кто нам тело отдаст, по-любому будет виновный". История жизни и смерти Евгения Нужина, забитого кувалдой". BBC News Russian. Archived from the original on 2022-11-17. Retrieved June 18, 2023.

[:BBC-1] Focht, Elizaveta; Lotareva, Anastasia (2022-11-17). ""Тот, кто нам тело отдаст, по-любому будет виновный". История жизни и смерти Евгения Нужина, забитого кувалдой". BBC News Russian. Archived from the original on 2022-11-17. Retrieved June 18, 2023.

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