Summary
Name:
Stanislav RauYears Active:
2023Status:
ImprisonedClass:
Mass MurdererVictims:
9Method:
ShootingNationality:
RussiaSummary: Mass Murderer
Name:
Stanislav RauStatus:
ImprisonedVictims:
9Method:
ShootingNationality:
RussiaYears Active:
2023Stanislav Rau is named in public sources as a member of the Russian Armed Forces.
His name appears in reports about Volnovakha in Donetsk Oblast from late 2023.
There is little public information about his early life. Available sources do not give his date of birth, place of birth, family details, or schooling. Most public records that mention him focus on his military service.
On 27 October 2023 in Volnovakha, Donetsk Oblast, nine members of the Kapkanets family died. The victims included two children, aged five and nine. Ukrainian prosecutors said Russian soldiers had asked the family to leave their home so a Russian military unit could use it. The family refused, and the soldiers returned days later.
Photos from the scene spread on social media and increased political pressure. Russian investigators opened a criminal inquiry, and the two soldiers were arrested on 30 October 2023. The trial was held in secret. In early November 2024, a Russian southern military court in Rostov found Anton Sopov and Stanislav Rau guilty and sentenced each to life imprisonment.
