Defending Stalin, Russian soldiers or Ukrainians accused of treason in Ukraine is not easy. Testimony of a man passionate about justice with a baffling background.
Russian Lieutenant Serhiy Steiner was tried for robbing civilians and destroying civilian properties in a village near the capital city of Ukraine in March. On September 26, he was sentenced to 9 years in prison. He was the first accused of crimes in relation to the Russian invasion of Ukraine to be tried in absentia.
On July 29, the Kyiv Court of Appeal reduced to 15 years the sentence of the first Russian soldier tried for war crimes in Ukraine since February 24. Vadim Shishimarin had been sentenced In May to life imprisonment. We met with Viktor Ovsyannikov, the man who agreed to defend this emblematic case.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - An appeals court in Kyiv on Friday reduced to 15 years the life sentence of a Russian soldier convicted in the first war crimes trial since Russia invaded Ukraine in February. Th.