Rustam Kiknadze | |
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Born | Rustam Musadinovich Kiknadze 1980 (age 43–44) Dzhambul Region, Kazakh SSR (present-day Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan) |
Conviction(s) | Murder x5 Rape Robbery |
Criminal penalty | 16 years, commuted to 14 years (2004) 7 years and 6 months, commuted to 8 years (2014) 26 years (2021) |
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Victims | 5 |
Span of crimes | 2004; October 27 – November 26, 2020 |
Country | Kazakhstan |
State(s) | Jambyl |
Date apprehended | For the final time in November 2020 |
Rustam Musadinovich Kiknadze (Russian: Рустам Мусадинович Кикнадзе; born 1980) is a Kazakhstani serial killer and rapist who murdered three women over twenty days in the Jambyl Region in 2020. His case garnered great controversy among locals, as he was a known violent offender who had previous convictions for a double murder and raping underage children, in addition to his relatively lenient sentence of 26 years for his latest killings.