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A well-known Russian historian has confessed to murdering his lover, his lawyer says, after he was found in a river with a backpack containing a woman's arms.
Oleg Sokolov, 63, was drunk and fell into the river as he tried to dispose of body parts, Russian media said.
Police then found the decapitated body of Anastasia Yeshchenko, 24, at his home in the city of St Petersburg.
Prof Sokolov is a Napoleon expert who has received France's Légion d'Honneur.
"He has admitted his guilt," his lawyer Alexander Pochuyev told AFP, adding that he regretted what he had done and was now cooperating.
Oleg Sokolov, 63, was drunk and fell into the river as he tried to dispose of body parts, Russian media said.
Police then found the decapitated body of Anastasia Yeshchenko, 24, at his home in the city of St Petersburg.
Prof Sokolov is a Napoleon expert who has received France's Légion d'Honneur.
"He has admitted his guilt," his lawyer Alexander Pochuyev told AFP, adding that he regretted what he had done and was now cooperating.
