http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/ubio ... 59967.aspx
http://murderpedia.org/male.P/p/popkov-mikhail.htm
A.K.A.: "The Wednesday Murderer"
Classification: Serial killer
Characteristics: Policeman - Rape - Necrophilia
Number of victims: 24 - 29 +
Date of murders: 1992 - 2000
Date of arrest: June 23, 2012
Date of birth: March 7, 1964
Victims profile: Women (25 of whom were aged 19 to 28 and four who were aged 35 to 40)
Method of murder: The victims were reportedly axed, stabbed, or strangled to death
Location: Angarsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
Status: In prison awaiting trial
Napokon je uhvaćen 2012. pomoću DNA dokaza. Osuđen je u siječnju 2015. nakon što je priznao 22 ubojstva.
Kasnijom istragom otkriveno ih je još 60, što znači da je počinio ukupno 82 ubojstva.