Alexey Falkin

Alexey Sergeevich Falkin (; born 1982), known as The EMERCOM Maniac , is a Russian serial killer and rapist responsible for four murders and eight rapes from 2004 to 2017, in Yekaterinburg and Verkhnyaya Pyshma. Following his arrest for the murder of Irina Vakhrusheva, he was connected to previous crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Early life Little is known about Falkin's early life. Born in Yekaterinburg, he served in the army before finding a job as a firefighter for the Ministry of Emergency Situations. He was married, had two children and was perceived as an ordinary family man by those who knew him. After offering to have sex with her to pay for the fare, since he believed the woman didn't have the necessary amount of money on her, and after his advances were refused, Falkin slammed her head into the car window, dragged her into the back seat and raped her. For these crimes, he was given another 20 years imprisonment, to be run consecutively with his other sentences. Authorities have publicly stated that if Falkin is responsible for any crimes, they would be outside Sverdlovsk Oblast.