MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian woman paid a former convict to kill her
17-year-old son because she was fed up with sharing her small one-room
apartment with him, the newspaper Izvestia reported on Wednesday.
The
42-year-old crane operator paid the man a 2,100 rouble ($80) deposit to
kill her son, Izvestia said. But the would-be hitman told the police
who set up a sting operation and arrested her when she handed over the
900 rouble ‘completion’ payment.
The woman and her son shared the
tiny apartment in the Moscow region with their respective partners and
there were frequent rows, which became worse when the son’s girlfriend
became pregnant.
“The woman decided that by snuffing out her son she could solve her housing problems,” the paper said.
Prosecutors confirmed the report and said the suspect would be charged soon.
Chronic
housing shortages have dogged Russia for decades. The problem has eased
slightly since the collapse of the Soviet Union, but many families of
several generations still share cramped apartments.
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Wait…is there something wrong with killing one’s children?
How Medea of her.
I had no idea it was like this in Russia.