00:56, 24 April 2026

The prosecutor requested a long prison sentence for the man accused of murdering a judge in Kamyshin.

The state prosecutor has requested a 23-year sentence in a maximum security penal colony for Sergei Kibalnikov, who is accused of murdering federal judge Vasily Vetlugin.

As reported by Kavkazsky Uzel, in August 2025, federal judge Vasily Vetlugin was murdered in Kamyshin. Suspect Sergei Kibalnikov surrendered to police. Some sources claimed the suspect was a combat veteran.

Reports of the murder of a federal judge in Kamyshin, Volgograd Region, appeared on the evening of August 14. Sources connected to the security forces reported details of the crime: a judge was shot on Sovetskaya Street near the city courthouse, after which the killer stabbed him and mutilated his body. Judge Vasily Vetlugin was shot with a Saiga hunting rifle, then "his genitals were cut off and placed in his mouth, and then a knife was stabbed into his eye," Baza reported.

The Volgograd Regional Court held closing arguments in the murder of federal judge Vasily Vetlugin from Kamyshin. The prosecution requested a 23-year prison sentence for the defendant, while the defense insisted on a number of mitigating circumstances, V1.ru reported today.

According to the victim's lawyer, Artem Khachaturyan, the state prosecution's position was voiced by Volgograd Region Prosecutor Denis Kostenko. The prosecutor also requested that the defendant's freedom be restricted for eighteen months after his release from prison and that he be fined 180,000 rubles.

The defendant's lawyers disagreed with the sentence's classification and believe the public danger of the crime was exaggerated. They asked the court to change the classification of the crime from murder committed with particular cruelty in a socially dangerous manner to Part 1, a more lenient offense with a shorter maximum sentence .

After the indictment, Sergei Kibalnikov expressed a desire to sign a contract with the Ministry of Defense, citing the need to generate income for subsequent payments to the injured party, the publication clarified.

The defendant previously fully admitted his guilt. Kibalnikov is also charged with destruction of property, weapons conversion, and illegal trafficking of ammunition. The verdict will be announced on April 29 in the Volgograd Regional Court, presided over by Judge Victoria Plotitsyna, Kommersant reported.

Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/422682