Russian rapist killer pardoned by Putin to fight in Ukraine despite hacking off his victim's head and hurling it from a 12th floor window is jailed again after murdering a 22-year-old woman

A convicted rapist and killer freed and pardoned by Vladimir Putin to fight in his war against Ukraine has been jailed for the brutal murder of a 22-year-old woman.

Tsyren-Dorzhi Tsyrenzhapov, 42, was previously sentenced for killing and dismembering Ekaterina Skvortsova, 18, and throwing her severed head from a 12th floor window.

Despite the seriousness of his crime, Putin signed his pardon.

Soon after completing six months in the war, and being released from military duty, he killed the…