A 66-year-old resident of Bryansk, Russia, will stand trial for killing his neighbour during a dispute over the boundary between their dacha plots, the regional department of the Investigative Committee of Russia said.
According to investigators, the killing took place on 6 July 2026 at a garden plot in the "Desna-2" allotment society. The two neighbours had argued over how to divide the border between their adjoining plots of land.
Investigators said the disagreement quickly spiralled out of control and turned into an exchange of mutual accusations and insults.
Fatal blow with a brick
At some point, the man struck his neighbour hard in the chest and knocked her to the ground, investigators said. He then picked up a brick and struck her on the head with it several times, after which she stopped showing signs of life.
Realising he had gone too far and wanting to avoid legal trouble, the man wrapped the woman's body in tarpaulin, drove it to an unpopulated location and covered it with boards, according to the Investigative Committee.
Case solved quickly
When the woman was reported missing, investigators and criminal detectives launched an active search and solved the crime quickly. Investigators said they gathered sufficient evidence, and the criminal case, together with an indictment approved by prosecutors, has now been sent to court.
Dacha disputes in Russia
Bryansk is a city in western Russia, close to the country's borders with Ukraine and Belarus. Like many Russian towns, it is surrounded by dacha communities, plots of land where residents keep small country houses and gardens, often organised into allotment societies such as "Desna-2".
Disputes between neighbouring plot owners over land boundaries are a recurring source of local conflict in these communities. The Investigative Committee of Russia is the country's main federal agency for investigating serious crimes, including murder, and for referring completed cases to prosecutors and the courts.
