daughter, who studies at a local institute. He came to Redkino mainly on weekends, when he’d work on his cottage, which is still under construction. Neighbors say he worked as an air-conditioner installer in Moscow.

Beginning in May 2017, Egorov started living permanently in Redkino, though he never explained the change to anyone in the community. He did, however, tell his neighbors that he was their new electrician, supposedly hired by the cooperative. Marina Lobanova, the current head of the cooperative, confirms that Egorov approached her for a job.

Tatyana Arkhipova, Lobanova’s predecessor, is sure that Egorov was originally coming for her, saying he apparently “worked himself up” when he wanted to shut off her electricity, the evening before the killings. Locals who spoke to Meduza claimed not to knowanything about a conflict between the old and new management of their cooperative, saying that the most plausible explanation for the massacre is still that it was an ordinary domestic dispute.

Russian report from Redkino by Evgeny Berg, translation by Kevin Rothrock