The Disturbing Case That Still Haunts Siberia

Summary by Krater

This video recounts the 1989 murder of seven teenagers in the remote Siberian village of Kazynet, initially covered up as a train accident before a reopened investigation revealed brutal attacks by local men.

From the video

Answers: What was the true story behind the Kazynet 7 train accident in 1989?

• Kazynet murders
• Mezhdurechensk cold case
• Soviet railway fatalities
• Cover-up and corruption
• Judicial appeal and verdicts

What it concludes

• The seven teenagers found on the railway tracks were not killed by a train, but were savagely and methodically attacked with blunt objects.
• Local officials and police originally covered up the murders as an accidental train collision and ignored physical evidence.
• Pressure from the victims' parents forced a reopened investigation in 1991 that eventually exposed police corruption and complicity.
• A Supreme Court review in 1996 threw out the original convictions due to legal flaws, leading to the release of the convicted men.
• In 2001, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Khakassia finally issued new guilty verdicts, sentencing Nikolai, the foreman, and Vasily to prison terms.