And by punish I mean whip to death. Apparently he had molested a 2 year old which lead to this. http://armedforcesweekly.com/man-whipped-death-molesting-2-year-old-baby/
That's the best deterrent. Don't do it (or get better at hiding it) or this will be you. Doesn't Ukraine have its own police? Why are the Russians enforcing the law.
It says the pedo was from the Ukraine but I don't know where this happened. Maybe he moved to Russia. Maybe they all just live in a border area. :dunno:
I bet it provided a whole lot more deterrence for his pedo friends than the 90 days in jail, 18 months of probation and 3 counseling session he would have gotten in the US.