Radik Tagirov

Radik Tagirov
Радик Тагиров
BornMay 1982 (age 43)
Other names"The Volga Maniac"
MotiveRobbery
ConvictionsMurder x31
Attempted murder x3
Assault x34
Criminal penaltyLife imprisonment
Details
Victims31
Span of crimes
2011–2012
CountryRussia
StatesTatarstan, Ulyanovsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Udmurtia, Perm, Samara, Bashkortostan
Date apprehended
1 December 2020

Radik Tagirovich Tagirov (Russian: Радик Тагирович Тагиров, Tatar: Радик Таһир улы Таһиров; born May 1982), dubbed the Volga Maniac, is a Russian serial killer who murdered 31 elderly women in and around the republic of Tatarstan between 2011 and 2012. In March 2024, he was sentenced to life in prison.