Sergei Mavrodi – Criminal or Genius?

Maybe Chikatilo also had extraordinary mental abilities, for example. But I don't have enough misanthropy to admire them. I just can't.

That's absolutely true.
And who do we choose as heroes and role models? It's easy to talk about this when nothing like that has happened to you. Imagine, a person buys a car, comes to pick it up, and it's gone. Will he shout, "Wow, dude! You're amazing, you're a genius, how did you manage that!" Or, let's say, a person has a company, he comes to work, and it's no longer his. He won't be overjoyed and rush to the new owner for an autograph. In my opinion, that beautiful chair that shudders with tension is crying for Mavrodi. He played on people's trust, and they just gave him a fine, a slap on the wrist, saying, "Don't do it again!"
Or, the measure of genius increases with scale. If he killed one person, they'll call him a murderer; if he killed millions, they'll call him a hero? A swindler, yes, he cheated everyone, yes, but to admire him, that's too much.

Chikatilo was a serial killer, and by definition, he couldn't have had a developed brain.

But that's wrong. In fact, all serial killers have unconventional minds, not devoid of genius. The thing is, they often have a discrepancy in the number of chromosomes.