: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Lawyer for Russian Soldier Found Dead in Ukraine


Ukrainian authorities say they found the body Friday of a lawyer representing one of two Russian soldiers being tried on terrorism charges.

Yuriy Grabovsky was the defense attorney for Aleksander Aleksandrov, who was arrested last May on terrorism charges stemming from the separatist conflict in pro-Moscow eastern Ukraine. Grabovsky’s body was found buried near Kyiv.

Aleksanrov and another soldier (Yevgeny Yerofeyev) were allegedly members of the Russian military last year when they crossed the border into Ukraine.

Suspects detained

Russia denies any involvement in the border crossing, and has said both the soldiers quit their special forces unit before traveling into the war zone …read more

Source: Voice of America

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