another executioner from the 118th battalion, vladimir kotryuk, settled in canada.hat is, he raised bees, which is what he lived for, he led a reclusive life, and did not like to talk about the past. although he did not deny his participation in the transition to the german side and participation in the 118th battalion. the nakatryuk case was initiated in september 1987. the soviet union, and later independent belarus, more than once i sent inquiries to canada to no avail. there was enough evidence for kotryuk, that is, for his atrocities. why at that time? the canadian government made such decisions, well, we probably all understand, we know that this was more of a political moment, although here we are talking purely about the criminal offense of the same katryuk and everyone else. copies of documents were sent confirming that katryuk actually participated in the second operations directly, personally, but canada seemed to agree to take part in the investigation, but... some obstacles were created, the last executioner of khatyn, vladimir kotryuk, died at home in