SAFARYAN Vahan Sergeyevich

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Vahan SafaryanВаган Сафарян
Status
Identification Status	Identified
Criminal Status	Released
Personal Information
Full Name	Vahan Sergeyevich Safaryan
Born	1961 Baku, Baku Economic Region, Azeri SSR, Soviet Union
Gender	Male
Race/Ethnicity	White
Criminal Information
AKA	"The Astrakhan Strangler" (Russian: Астраханский душитель)
Offender Type	Serial Killer
Method of Killing	Strangulation
Convictions	Murder
Criminal penalty	19 years imprisonment
Victims	3
Span of crimes	1998 - 2004
Country	Russia
Province	Astrakhan
City	Astrakhan
Date apprehended	18 November 2024

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Name	Age	Date of Death	Cause of Death

Timeline

• 18 November 2024: Safaryan is arrested for the 1998 double murder.
• 2 July 2025: Safaryan signed a contract to serve on an assault squad and fight in the Russo-Ukrainian War. As a result, his trial was indefinitely postponed.