Alina Orlova and her friend Alyona Savchenko are two Russian women from Khabarovsk who were sentenced to 4 years of prison in 2017 as they convicted guilty of animal abuse (severe animal torture and assault). They brought the animals to abandoned buildings, where they shot them with airguns, stomped on them, and tore their eyeballs out. During their trial, as it progressed, numerous more crimes were discovered and they were also charged with a separate allegation of armed robbery. They are known as the “Butchers of Khabarovsk.”
Bio
| Name | Alina Orlova |
| Nick Name | Alina |
| Also Known as | Butcher of Khabarovsk |
| Known For | Animal Abuse |
| Gender | Female |
| Personal Life | |
| Date of Birth | - |
| Age (as in 2022) | 20-30 |
| Zodiac Sign | - |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Birth Place | Khabarovsk, Russia |
| Physical Stats & More | |
| Height (approx) | in feet inches - in centimeters - in meters - |
| Weight (approx) | in kilograms - in pounds - |
| Eye Colour | Brown |
| Hair Colour | Dark Brown |
| Tattoo(s) | Yes |
| Family, Relationship & More | |
| Parents | Father: Her Father is an Air Force Colonel Mother: will be updated |
| Relationship Status | Single |
| Boyfriend / Spouse | NA |
| Affairs | NA |
The case against Alina Orlova and Alena Savchenko was filed in the fall of 2016 after photographs of them torturing animals appeared on the Dvach web forum. These two girls have systematically abused animals, mutilated, and killed them with using sadistic methods and recorded it. There is certainity of their age at the time of their arrest in November 2017. Some news agencied said that both women were 17 while some Russian media reported they are in their early 20s.
This duo would rob puppies from people who were trying to find new homes for their pets only to torture them later. They recorded themselves abusing at least 15 animals. The tortured animals were including puppies, dogs, birds and rodents. After a closed trial that lasted almost five months, the findings of the psychiatric evaluations, neither of these two women had any form of mental illness.
Initially Alina Orlova, whose father is a Colonel in the Air Force claimed that she had not been cruel to the animals and her mother supported her statement too. Alina blamed her close friend Alyona, asserting that the photographs had been tampered in order to frame her and also that she hadn’t communicated with Alyona in quite some time. But her distinctive tattoo was seen in pictures that leaked online.
Savchenko was charged also with insulting religious believers and inciting hatred along with animal abuse case. So, the judge of ‘The Industrial District Court of Khabarovsk’ sentenced her to four years and three months where as Orlova had a sentence of three years and ten days in prison. The women were also banned from having pets and owning any animals for a period of 10 years after their release. The prosecution initially fought for a six-year sentence to both of these cruel women but both they pleaded guilty to the crimes.
It is found out that Savchenko called herself the ‘Devil’s Duchess’, and in one image she was seen holding a recently-killed puppy’s heart with the caption: ‘It’s for you Anubis‘ – the original Egyptian ‘god of the dead’. She said that she needed ‘to be constantly covered in blood to feel warmth’. She and her male friend Valery Smyshlyaev, accused of duping a man on a date with an underage girl, and then blackmailed him by accusing him of being a Paedophile. The male companion who helped in recording the videos was also sentenced to three years and their families were fined for ‘ineffective child rearing’.
Also, the video footages of Savchenko bullying homeless people offensive social media posts served as evidence for her extended sentence. This case is considered as a remarkable judgement, as the animal abuse is not regarded as much severe in Russia. Let’s hope that they receive the required help they need while they are in prison and they will never be able to hurt animals again. This case highlights the need for better and stricter laws and regulations to protect our furry friends.
