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The “Azov” trial in Russia is down to 12 defendants in court
21 October 2024 by Maria Koroleva
The “Azov” trial which began in Rostov-on-Don in June 2023 is the largest criminal case related to Ukrainian prisoners of war in Russia. In late August, the prosecution requested sentences ranging from 16 to 24 years for all accus [...]
Oleg Myzhgorodskyi, an alleged member of the Ukrainian ‘Azov’ regiment, is accused of ‘terrorism’ in a trial in Russia. Photo: 2 side-by-side portraits of Myzhgorodskyi, in 2021 (before detention) and in 2023. Chernihiv waits for its “Azov” fighters on trial in Russia
11 October 2024 by Valentyna Osterska
“Oleg weighed 115 kilograms, he weighs only about 50 now,” says the sister of one of the alleged members of the Ukrainian “Azov” regiment accused of ‘terrorism’ in the Federation of Russia. While the Rostov-on-Don military court i [...]
International law: exchange of prisoners between Sweden and Iran. Photo: Hamid Nouri speaks to the Iranian press on his return to Tehran. International law put to the test in prisoner exchanges
4 July 2024 by Christian Catomeris
On June 15th 2024, Sweden announced the exchange of two of its nationals imprisoned in Iran for Hamid Nouri, a former Iranian official sentenced in 2022 by the Swedish courts for his role in mass executions in Iranian prisons in 1 [...]
Irina Navalnaya trial in Russia. Photo: Navalnaya adopts a dreamy, feminine pose behind the glass of the dock. The young Ukrainian woman is accused of terrorism. Navalnaya’s case: how Ukrainian civilians are tried in Russia
13 May 2024 by Maria Koroleva
Irina Navalnaya, a 26-year-old Ukrainian woman, has been on trial in Russia for six months for allegedly attempting to blow up the Mariupol district administration building during the so-called referendum in the Donetsk People’s R [...]
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Aleksandr Krasnoyartsev: a Russian pilot captured in Ukraine, exchanged with Russia and then tried in Ukraine in absentia (in the absence of the accused) for war crimes.
7 November 2023 by Iryna Salii
One year after being exchanged, a Russian pilot sentenced in Chernihiv The images of the pilot shot down in the early days of Russia's all-out attack on Ukraine made the headlines. But despite his relative celebrity and his confession to bombing Chernihiv, the man was exchanged before he could be tri [...]
Russian prisoners of war exchanged for Ukrainian POWs - Photo: russian soldiers holding flags.
31 October 2023 by Maria Koroleva
Russian soldiers exchanged with Ukraine: what happens after Justice Info has endeavored to follow the cases of at least two servicemen, convicted and sentenced in Ukraine for war crimes, who have been exchanged and returned to Russia. Although they have been convicted and have admitted the [...]
Trial in Ukraine of Mykola Fomenko, accused of high treason. He is shown on a television screen during his trial (he was filmed at the time).
15 June 2023 by Anastasia Zubova
GPS and pepper: rare trial of a Ukrainian “strike corrector” "Strike correctors", who help Russian forces direct their missiles, are among the most feared and tracked traitors in Ukraine. But trials are rare. On May 29, a District Court of Kropyvnytskyi found Mykola Fomenko, a 41-year-old r [...]
War crimes in Ukraine: Russian pilot Maksim Krishtop speaks at a press conference
13 March 2023 by Iryna Salii
War crime in Ukraine: A Russian pilot is convicted… and exchanged This is the first case of a Russian pilot being sentenced in Ukraine and present in court. On March 2 Lieutenant Colonel Maksim Krishtop was found guilty of committing a war crime for the bombing of the Kharkiv television tower. H [...]
4 Russian soldiers in uniform sit in the dock during their torture trial in Ukraine.
23 January 2023 by Iryna Salii
Ukraine: Four Russian soldiers convicted for torture Justice Info reports on the latest trial of Russian soldiers held at the end of the year in Kotelva, eastern Ukraine. The four men, members of a Russian army special forces unit, pleaded guilty and were sentenced to 11 years in pr [...]
Viktor Bout, a famous Russian arms dealer (who operated in Liberia), is seen in this photo behind bars (in 2010), imprisoned in Thailand. He may soon be released, exchanged for other prisoners.
15 September 2022 by James Harding Giahyue
Viktor Bout for Brittney Grinner: a prisoner exchange that forgets Liberia Viktor Bout, born in former Soviet Union, was once the world’s most infamous arms dealer. He was accused to have fueled many wars across the world, in particular in Liberia. In 2012 he was sentenced to 25 years in jail by a U.S. c [...]