Alexander Pichushkin, the notorious “Bitsevsky maniac,” has been denied his request to be transferred from the Polar Owl penal colony. The Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow rejected his appeal to serve his life sentence in a prison closer to his Moscow home, specifically in Mordovia.

Pichushkin also sought financial compensation from the Federal Penitentiary Service, demanding 100,000 rubles for alleged moral suffering endured while incarcerated in the harsh climate of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. This demand was similarly rejected by the court.

Appearing via video link, Pichushkin argued that his health issues made it difficult for him to live in the severe conditions of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. His mother, present at the hearing, supported his request, citing her desire to visit him more frequently.

Pichushkin was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murders of 49 people. From 2001 to 2005, numerous mutilated bodies were discovered in Moscow sewage treatment plants. Initially, authorities dismissed these incidents as accidents or the result of public intoxication, but the killings were later attributed to Pichushkin.

Recently, Pichushkin expressed willingness to confess to an additional 11 unsolved murders.