Actor Mikhail Efremov used to be a vocal critic of Putin’s regime. Not long before the war, his recital of satirical poems ridiculing Putin and the quick descend of the country under him into totalitarianism has won him admiration among the liberal-leaning public.

Then he ran someone over in a DUI accident and went to jail for manslaughter.

He’s pleading to be sent to the frontlines in return for amnesty.

Killing Ukrainians is more morally acceptable to this “good Russian” than atonement.