Nikolai Aliev, a resident of Sochi who joined the war in Ukraine after being released from detention for violently assaulting his partner Kseniya Dushanova, has now returned home, according to reporting by *Novaya Gazeta Europe*.
On May 27, Aliev posted two Telegram stories featuring a Toyota car. Two days later, he shared a video of himself dancing in an unidentified nightclub. By May 30, he announced in another video that he had relocated to Krasnaya Polyana, a settlement near Sochi.