A Russian-language website, Zakazat-killera.com (“Hire a Killer”), is advertising services ranging from “physical elimination” to intimidation by taking targets for a “chat” in the woods.
The site’s instigators present themselves as “an organization of kind, sincere, responsive people who can come to your aid if you need to take someone out into the woods and there nicely ‘tell him off’ or help in business.”
“Causing harm to competitors, either physically or to their property, physical destruction, obtaining information – for all of these matters, please contact us,” the site suggests.
Zakazat-killera.com claims that its “quality and reliable service” is provided exclusively by “professionals, including criminal elements, former athletes, Afghanistan war veterans, etc.”
The website contains detailed descriptions of the various ways potential targets could be harmed, including kidnapping, binding and beatings. Zakazat-killera.com also offers protection to any type of business, including “stores and brothels.”
At up to $1,300 for an “easy shake” and $3,000 for a comprehensive beating (including broken limbs), these services will be affordable to many.
As an option, urinating on the target is available for a mere additional $100.
Since East-West Digital News did not test the service, we cannot say for sure whether this online offer is real or merely a joke. The Russian authorities, however, have taken it very seriously. As reported last week by The Moscow Times, Ruslan Gattarov, a Russian senator and head of the Federation Council’s Committee on Information Policy, has complained that the website violates several articles of the Criminal Code prohibiting crimes against a person and fraud. Following the senator’s complaint to the Interior Ministry, Russian regulators have attempted to block the site.
Because Zakazat-killera.com was registered anonymously in China and is currently based in Moldova, Russian law enforcement authorities have sent requests for information about the website’s administrators to both countries.
Although supposed to be blocked in Russia, the Netherlands, most of the U.S. and France, according to The Moscow Times, Zakazat-killera.com was still accessible from Moscow with a standard Internet connection as of today.
