Russian Historian Arrested After Woman's Arms Found In His Backpack

Police in Saint Petersburg on Saturday arrested a prominent Russian historian on suspicion of murdering a former student after he was hauled out of a river with a backpack containing a woman’s arms, authorities said.

Local media in Saint Petersburg reported that university professor Oleg Sokolov was drunk and fell into the river as he tried to dispose of body parts.

Police reportedly then went to Sokolov’s home where they discovered the decapitated body of Anastasia Yeshchenko, 24, with whom he had…