Two Ukrainians sentenced on ‘espionage’ charges in Crimea

"Defendant M. Petrovsky was sentenced to 16 years in prison with serving the sentence in a strict-regime correctional cony, defendant S. Kotov – 15 years in prison with serving the sentence in a strict-regime correctional cony," RFE/RL’s Crimea.Realities project reports.

The case was considered at a closed hearing due to information that allegedly constitutes a state secret.

Since 2014, at least 16 Ukrainian citizens have been convicted in Crimea and Sevast on "espionage" and "sabotage" charges. In particular, in 2015, the Russian court sentenced director eg Sentsov to 20 years in prison on charges of plotting terrorist attacks. Also, the Russian security forces accuse representatives of the Hizb ut-Tahrir Islamic pitical organization of "sabotage".

As reported, the Russian invaders sentenced a resident of Simfer to 12 years on charges of "espionage" in favor of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.