Alexander and Viktor Zhizhich

The Zhizhich brothers were unemployed vagrants who had been travelling around Russia for several years by train. They murdered three people in the Vologda Oblast between January and October 2003. The brothers were found guilty after trial, with Alexander receiving a life sentence and Viktor sentenced to 23 years imprisonment. They were sentenced to life in prison, with a minimum term of 25 years, and a maximum sentence of life. They are serving their sentences in a Russian prison in the town of Yekimovskaya, near the city of Arkhangelsk. The sentence was handed down by a Russian court on November 6, 2013. The sentencing hearing is expected to take place on November 14, 2013, and the brothers are expected to appear in court again on November 15, 2014, to face charges of murder and attempted murder. The trial will be followed by a sentencing hearing on November 16, 2014. The jury will then decide whether or not the brothers should be sentenced to death or be given a sentence of between 20 and 30 years in prison. The verdicts will be announced on November 17, 2014 and the sentence will be decided on November 18, 2014 in a Moscow court.