One-legged Russian sex attacker who was freed to fight in Putin's war before returning home and raping girl, 17, at knifepoint 'will be released from jail AGAIN for second spell on frontline'

A Russian rapist who was freed by the Kremlin from prison to take part in Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine will serve another stint on the frontlines after he raped a 17-year-old at knifepoint. 

Yakov Paramonov, 36, attacked a 17-year-old student, 17, at knifepoint near some garages in Saransk, western Russia. 

A Russian court was told that after he attacked the girl, he made her urinate so he could 'wash himself' after the brutal assault. He was given a ten-year sentence at a penal colony after being convicted of 'rape and violent sexual acts against a minor'. 

But he is expected to be pardoned again soon in exchange for another stint on the frontlines of Putin's invasion.  

He spent several months in the Wagner Group, formerly led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, before losing his leg in battle, for which he recieved a clutch of awards for 'exemplary performance of combat missions and impeccable service to the Fatherland.'

Yakov Paramonov, 36, (pictured) attacked a 17-year-old student, 17, at knifepoint near some garages in Saransk, western Russia

Paramonov worked for the Wagner group (pictured) 

A Russian court was told that after he attacked the girl, he made her urinate so he could 'wash himself' after the brutal assault

He was praised for 'selflessness and courage, a difficult combat path, scorched by battles, soaked in blood and sweat'.

He had been jailed in 2017 for a string of robberies in which he tore jewellery from women or forced them to give away their necklaces, bracelets and earrings.

In one such case he threatened to kill a woman, 24, if she did not have sex with him. He was convicted of a violent sexual act but received a full pardon from the Russian dictator for agreeing to fight in the war.

While the Wagner group was the first to draft prisoners for the brutal invasion of Ukraine, the policy was apparently adopted by the Kremlin in December 2023. 

They would often be grouped together in so-called Storm-Z units, and were treated as cannon fodder. 

Former Wagner chief Prigozhin was known to have visited prisons across Russia to promise convicted criminals they would be allowed to go home with no convictions if they would make it through six months of fighting against Ukraine. 

One Storm-Z unit member told US-funded website Sever Realii, that Kremlin military recruiters promised inmates salaries of of 205,000 roubles (about $2,000 or £1,700) a month, a payment of 3m roubles ($31,000 or £26,000) per injury and 5m roubles ($52,000 or £43,000) to be paid to the recruit's relatives if  they die. 

But prisoners would often be sent into a 'total meat-grinder' without being properly equipped, or even told about what was going on on the frontlines. 

Several troops released from prison to fight on Putin's frontlines, only to go back and commit various crimes, have been freed once again.

Former Wagner fighter Ivan Rossomakhin, who was sentenced to 22 years for the heinous rape and murder of Yulia Buiskikh, 85, was allowed to go back to the frontlines, the victim's family said. 

'Grandma's killer has escaped punishment for his crime – again – and has gone to fight in the war,' Anna Pekareva, the granddaughter of Yulia Byuskikh, told the BBC.

Anna says his governor notified the family that Rossomakhin was released on 19 August – just one week after the start of his sentence.

'My first reaction was terror. I read the forensic reports and I know what this person did to my grandmother. It's monstrous that he has been released again,' says Anna, adding: 'The fact that this is happening in the 21st Century... there are no words that can describe what's happening!'