Russia wants 5-year sentence for a Ukrainian flag in illegally occupied Crimea

Friday, August 4, 2017 - 3:25 (EET) Section: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (Ukraine)

The verdict is awaited in the ‘trial’ in Russian-occupied Crimea of Ukrainian farmer and activist Volodymyr Balukh. The de facto prosecutor has demanded five years and one month imprisonment for the Ukrainian activist and recognized political prisoner, and the behaviour thus far of the ‘judge’ – Maria Bedritskaya – gives no grounds for optimism. …read more

Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group