Finnish court convicts Russian man for war crimes in Ukraine
2 weeks ago

Finnish court convicts Russian man for war crimes in Ukraine

Al Jazeera  

Finnish court sentences Russian fighter to life imprisonment for war crimes against Ukrainian soldiers in 2014. The district court of Finland’s capital, Helsinki, ruled on Friday that Voislav Torden, then a commander of the far-right Russian nationalist paramilitary group Rusich, was involved in four different war crimes against Ukrainian soldiers during battles in eastern Ukraine in 2014. This is the first case in which a Finnish court has convicted someone for war crimes in Ukraine, Yle reported. The office of Ukraine’s prosecutor general hailed the court’s decision as “a key milestone in holding perpetrators of grave violations of international humanitarian law accountable.” “Ukraine remains committed to working with partners worldwide to ensure there is no impunity for war criminals,” it said in a statement posted on social media.

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Russia jails UK man for 19 years for fighting for Ukraine
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Russia jails UK man for 19 years for fighting for Ukraine

Al Jazeera  

James Scott Rhys Anderson convicted of ‘mercenary activities’ and a ‘terrorist act’, court press service says. James Scott Rhys Anderson, 22, was convicted of “mercenary activities” and a “terrorist act” after a three-day closed military trial in Kursk, the court press service for the region said on Wednesday. “We demand that Russia respect these obligations, including those under the Geneva …

Man accused of alleged war crimes in separatist region of Ukraine stands trial in Finland
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Man accused of alleged war crimes in separatist region of Ukraine stands trial in Finland

Associated Press  

HELSINKI — A man has gone on trial in Finland on charges of war crimes allegedly committed against Ukrainian forces in a Russia-backed separatist region of Ukraine in 2014. The suspect’s name was not given when the charges were announced, but Finnish media have identified him as Russian national Yan Petrovsky, who had been living in Finland under the alias …

Finland charges a combatant with war crimes allegedly committed in 2014 in Ukraine
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Finland charges a combatant with war crimes allegedly committed in 2014 in Ukraine

The Independent  

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Finnish Prosecutors File Charges Against Russian Combatant in 2014 War Crimes Case
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Finnish Prosecutors File Charges Against Russian Combatant in 2014 War Crimes Case

Associated Press  

Finnish prosecutors have filed charges against a Russian combatant, Yan Petrovsky, for alleged war crimes in 2014 in Ukraine. The suspect, who fought against Ukrainian forces in a Russian-backed separatist region, is accused of participating in acts that violate the laws of war, including the killing of 22 Ukrainian soldiers and seriously injuring four others.

Putin’s hitman, spies and a credit card fraudster: The prisoners returned to Russia in historic swap
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Putin’s hitman, spies and a credit card fraudster: The prisoners returned to Russia in historic swap

The Independent  

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Russia Ukraine War: Ex-Russian soldiers to testify against Russia on war crimes
1 year, 3 months ago

Russia Ukraine War: Ex-Russian soldiers to testify against Russia on war crimes

Firstpost  

Salikov told Dutch television program EenVandaag in an interview broadcast on Monday that he was ready to fully cooperate with the ICC and had personally witnessed “cruelties against civilians” A legal source Netherlands told Reuters on Tuesday that a former Russian soldier has applied for asylum in the country and plans to testify before the International Criminal Court regarding war …

Finland seeks jailing, probe of Russian man wanted in Ukraine over alleged war crimes in 2014-2015
1 year, 3 months ago

Finland seeks jailing, probe of Russian man wanted in Ukraine over alleged war crimes in 2014-2015

Associated Press  

HELSINKI — Finnish police on Sunday sought a court order to imprison a Russian man who had been living under an alias in the Nordic country and is accused of committing war crimes against wounded or surrendered soldiers in eastern Ukraine in 2014 and 2015. Sunday’s decision indicates Finnish authorities plan to investigate and possibly try the Russian in Finland, …

A man convicted in the 2006 killing of a Russian journalist wins a pardon after serving in Ukraine
1 year, 4 months ago

A man convicted in the 2006 killing of a Russian journalist wins a pardon after serving in Ukraine

Associated Press  

A man convicted in the 2006 killing of Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya received a presidential pardon after he did a stint fighting in Ukraine, his lawyer said. Khadzhikurbanov, a former police detective, was released last year to fight in Ukraine and then signed a Defense Ministry contract to continue serving after his pardon, his lawyer Alexei Mikhalchik told The …

Russia seeks an 8-year prison term for an artist and musician who protested the war in Ukraine
1 year, 4 months ago

Russia seeks an 8-year prison term for an artist and musician who protested the war in Ukraine

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — Russian authorities on Wednesday demanded an eight-year prison term for an artist and musician who was jailed after speaking out against Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Sasha Skochilenko was arrested in her native St. Petersburg in April 2022, on charges of spreading false information about the military after replacing supermarket price tags with antiwar slogans decrying the invasion. …

Russia convicts ex-police officer over Ukraine war criticism
1 year, 11 months ago

Russia convicts ex-police officer over Ukraine war criticism

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — A court in Russia convicted a former police officer of publicly spreading false information about the country’s military for criticizing the war in Ukraine to his friends over the phone. The ex-officer, Semiel Vedel, was sentenced Monday to seven years in prison under a law the Kremlin adopted days after sending troops into Ukraine and has actively …

A Brutal Act: The execution of unarmed Ukrainian soldier and the outrage over it
2 years ago

A Brutal Act: The execution of unarmed Ukrainian soldier and the outrage over it

Firstpost  

A video showing alleged Russian troops executing a Ukrainian soldier, who uttered ‘Glory to Ukraine’, has gone viral on social media. The execution on camera prompted Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy to react, with him vowing to “find the murderers” involved in the video and officials in Kyiv condemning the incident as a war crime. “The Russian occupiers have once again …

Tymofiy Shadura: Ukraine vows to find killers of unarmed soldier and prisoner of war
2 years ago

Tymofiy Shadura: Ukraine vows to find killers of unarmed soldier and prisoner of war

The Independent  

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Russian journalist gets 6 years in penal colony over Ukraine war
2 years, 1 month ago

Russian journalist gets 6 years in penal colony over Ukraine war

Al Jazeera  

The Kremlin has banned the spread of ‘false information’ or any criticism about the Russian army during the ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine. A Russian journalist was sentenced to six years in a penal colony after accusing the Russian air force of bombing a theatre in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol last year. The court found Ponomarenko, who worked for …

Russia soldier jailed for refusing to join Ukraine war
2 years, 2 months ago

Russia soldier jailed for refusing to join Ukraine war

Al Jazeera  

A Russian court sentenced Marsel Kandarov to five years in prison for refusing to take part in the ‘special military operation’. A Russian court sentenced a 24-year-old professional soldier to five years in prison for refusing to fight in Ukraine, officials have said. Separately, a military tribunal said it sentenced Kandarov to five years behind bars for evading military service …

Evidence of Russian crimes mounts as war in Ukraine drags on
2 years, 2 months ago

Evidence of Russian crimes mounts as war in Ukraine drags on

LA Times  

A neighbor comforts Natalia Vlasenko, whose husband and grandson were killed by Russian forces, in April. Experts say Russia under President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly ignored the rules established by the Geneva Conventions, a series of treaties that dictate how warring countries should treat each other’s citizens, and the Rome Statute, which established the International Criminal Court and defined specific …

Ukraine Reduces to 15 Years Life Sentence of Russian Soldier Convicted of Killing Unarmed Civilian
2 years, 7 months ago

Ukraine Reduces to 15 Years Life Sentence of Russian Soldier Convicted of Killing Unarmed Civilian

News 18  

A Ukrainian court on Friday reduced to 15 years a life sentence handed to a Russian soldier in May for pre-meditated murder in the country’s first war crimes trial. “According to the result of the appellate review, the appeal filed by the defence was partially satisfied,” a statement on the Kyiv court of appeals’ website said, adding that Russian soldier …

Another top opposition figure in Russia handed prison term
2 years, 8 months ago

Another top opposition figure in Russia handed prison term

Associated Press  

A Russian court on Friday sentenced a top opposition figure to a years-long prison term, the latest move in the Kremlin’s multipronged crackdown on opposition activists, independent media and rights groups. Earlier this week, a court in Moscow remanded another top opposition figure, Ilya Yashin, in custody pending investigation and trial on the charges of spreading false information about the …

Three Russians face Ukrainian war crimes court as Russia takes Mariupol after weeks of fighting
2 years, 10 months ago

Three Russians face Ukrainian war crimes court as Russia takes Mariupol after weeks of fighting

ABC  

It's been 13 weeks since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine. Two Russian soldiers accused of war crime in Ukraine could face up to 12 years in prison. Ukraine's parliament banned the symbols Z and V, which are used by Russia's military to promote its war in Ukraine. On Thursday, the ABC released an analysis of satellite data that revealed …

Russian soldier handed life sentence in first war crimes trial of Ukraine conflict
2 years, 10 months ago

Russian soldier handed life sentence in first war crimes trial of Ukraine conflict

India Today  

A Russian soldier has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Ukraine’s first war crimes trial since Moscow declared war on Kyiv in February this year. Sergeant Vadim Shishimarin told the court that another Russian officer had told him that the Ukrainian civilian, who was talking on his mobile phone, could disclose their location to the Ukrainian Army. On Monday, May …

Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates | Russian soldier sentenced to life at Kyiv war crimes trial
2 years, 10 months ago

Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates | Russian soldier sentenced to life at Kyiv war crimes trial

The Hindu  

Concern mounted on May 22 over the fate of the Ukrainian fighters who became Moscow’s prisoners as Russia claimed seizure of the steel plant-turned-fortress in Mariupol, capping a nearly three-month siege that left the strategic port city in ruins and more than 20,000 city residents feared dead. Ukraine Russian soldier sentenced to life at Kyiv war crimes trial A Ukrainian …

Ukraine court sentences Russian soldier to life imprisonment
2 years, 10 months ago

Ukraine court sentences Russian soldier to life imprisonment

Al Jazeera  

Landmark ruling has symbolic significance for Ukraine, which has accused Russia of atrocities and brutality against civilians during the war. A court in Kyiv has sentenced a 21-year-old Russian soldier to life in prison for killing an unarmed Ukrainian civilian, in the first war crimes trial held since Russia’s invasion. “The court has found that Shishimarin is guilty and sentences …

Vadim Shishimarin war crimes trial: Russian soldier sentenced to life in prison in Ukraine conflict’s first war crimes trial
2 years, 10 months ago

Vadim Shishimarin war crimes trial: Russian soldier sentenced to life in prison in Ukraine conflict’s first war crimes trial

CNN  

Kyiv, Ukraine CNN — A 21-year-old Russian soldier was sentenced to life in prison on Monday for killing an unarmed man in Ukraine’s first war crimes trial since Russia’s invasion. Prosecutor Andriy Sunyuk raised the possibility of more war crimes trials against Russian troops, and said he hoped Shishimarin’s conviction could send a message. Or maybe they will think that …

Russian soldier on trial asks victim’s widow to forgive him
2 years, 10 months ago

Russian soldier on trial asks victim’s widow to forgive him

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — A Russian soldier facing the first war crimes trial since the start of the war in Ukraine testified Thursday that he shot a civilian on orders from two officers and pleaded for his victim’s widow to forgive him. Looking subdued, Shishimarin said he at first disobeyed his immediate commanding officer’s order to shoot the unarmed civilian but …

Russian soldier pleads guilty at Ukraine war crimes trial
2 years, 10 months ago

Russian soldier pleads guilty at Ukraine war crimes trial

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — A 21-year-old Russian soldier facing the first war crimes trial since Moscow invaded Ukraine pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing an unarmed civilian. “So it’s not correct to say that there was some sort of order.” Ukrainian Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova previously said her office was readying war crimes cases against 41 Russian soldiers for offenses that included …

Russian soldier pleads guilty in war crimes trial in Ukraine
2 years, 10 months ago

Russian soldier pleads guilty in war crimes trial in Ukraine

The Hindu  

A Russian soldier accused of war crimes in Ukraine pleaded guilty on May 18 to killing an elderly unarmed civilian. Vadim Shishimarin, a 21-year-old Russian tank commander, entered his plea in a Kyiv district court hearing its first war crimes trial against a Russian soldier who took part in Moscow's February 24 invasion. Asked more broadly about war crimes allegations …

Ukraine war: First Russian soldier to go on trial pleads GUILTY to war crimes
2 years, 10 months ago

Ukraine war: First Russian soldier to go on trial pleads GUILTY to war crimes

Daily Mail  

A Russian soldier has pleaded guilty to charges of war crimes after he became the first to go on trial in Ukraine over Putin's invasion. Vadim Shishimarin, 21, a sergeant in a Russian tank unit, today pleaded guilty to war crimes for shooting dead a 62-year-old civilian as the man's widow watched Shishimarin admitted shooting Oleksandr Shelypov as he pushed …

Russian soldier pleads guilty during war crimes trial
2 years, 10 months ago

Russian soldier pleads guilty during war crimes trial

The Hindu  

A Kyiv district court met on Wednesday to begin hearing its first war crimes trial against a Russian soldier who took part in Moscow's February 24 invasion, a case of huge symbolic value for Ukraine. Vadim Shishimarin, a 21-year-old Russian tank commander held in Ukraine, is charged with murdering a 62-year-old civilian in the northeast Ukrainian village of Chupakhivka on …

Russian soldier pleads guilty to killing of Ukrainian civilian during early days of invasion
2 years, 10 months ago

Russian soldier pleads guilty to killing of Ukrainian civilian during early days of invasion

ABC  

A 21-year-old Russian soldier has pleaded guilty in a Ukrainian court to killing an unarmed civilian, in the first trial since the Moscow-ordered invasion. Key points: Shishimarin pleaded guilty to shooting a civilian who was walking down the footpath He faces life in prison for the crime A further 40 cases are being prepared by Ukrainian prosecutors against Russians involved …

Russian soldier pleads guilty at Ukraine war crimes trial
2 years, 10 months ago

Russian soldier pleads guilty at Ukraine war crimes trial

Al Jazeera  

At first war crimes trial since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, 21-year-old pleads guilty to killing an unarmed civilian. A 21-year-old Russian soldier facing the first war crimes trial since Moscow invaded Ukraine has pleaded guilty to killing an unarmed civilian. Ukrainian Prosecutor-General Iryna Venediktova previously said her office was readying war crimes cases against 41 Russian soldiers for offences that …

Russian soldier on trial in first Ukraine war-crimes case
2 years, 10 months ago

Russian soldier on trial in first Ukraine war-crimes case

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — A 21-year-old Russian soldier went on trial Friday in Kyiv for the killing of an unarmed Ukrainian civilian, marking the first war crime prosecution of a member of the Russian military from 11 weeks of bloodshed in Ukraine. Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova’s office has said it is looking into more than 10,700 potential war crimes involving more …

Ukraine puts Russian solider accused of war crime on trial
2 years, 10 months ago

Ukraine puts Russian solider accused of war crime on trial

India TV News  

Highlights The trial of a Russian soldier accused of killing a Ukrainian civilian opened Friday Sgt. Vadim Shyshimarin, 21, is accused of shooting a 62-year-old Ukrainian man in the head The killing occurred in the early days of the war, The trial of a Russian soldier accused of killing a Ukrainian civilian opened Friday, the first war crimes trial since …

Russian soldier accused of war crime faces Ukrainian court for the first time
2 years, 10 months ago

Russian soldier accused of war crime faces Ukrainian court for the first time

ABC  

A Russian soldier has gone on trial in Ukraine for the killing of an unarmed civilian, marking the first time a member of the Russian military has been prosecuted for a war crime during the 11-week conflict. Key points: The 21-year-old is accused of shooting a 62-year-old Ukrainian man in the head in Chupakhivka Mr Shyshimarin was ordered to kill …

Ukraine to hold first war crimes trial over Russian invasion
2 years, 10 months ago

Ukraine to hold first war crimes trial over Russian invasion

The Hindu  

Ukraine will launch its first war crimes trial over Moscow's ongoing invasion, bringing a 21-year-old Russian soldier to the stand, Kyiv's top prosecutor announced Wednesday. More than 10,700 alleged war crimes involving 622 suspects have been registered with the prosecutor's office. Kyiv and Washington have repeatedly accused Russian troops of committing war crimes since the February 24 invasion. Britain and …

Ukraine to hold first war crimes trial of Russian soldier
2 years, 10 months ago

Ukraine to hold first war crimes trial of Russian soldier

Al Jazeera  

Prosecutors say 21-year-old Vadim Shyshimarin is accused of killing an unarmed 62-year-old civilian. Ukraine will launch its first war crimes trial over Moscow’s ongoing invasion, bringing a 21-year-old Russian soldier to the stand, Kyiv’s top prosecutor has announced. Vadim Shyshimarin is accused of killing an unarmed 62-year-old civilian on February 28, firing an automatic rifle from a car window to …

Joe Biden calls for Vladimir Putin to face war crimes trial as Ukrainian prisoners of war say treatment broke Geneva Conventions
2 years, 11 months ago

Joe Biden calls for Vladimir Putin to face war crimes trial as Ukrainian prisoners of war say treatment broke Geneva Conventions

ABC  

US President Joe Biden has called for a war crimes trial against Russian President Vladimir Putin and said he'd seek more sanctions after reported atrocities in Ukraine. Key points: Mr Biden says Mr Putin should face war crimes trial for Bucha killings Ukraine prisoners of war say their treatment broke international legal standards for conduct of armed conflicts Mr Zelenskyy …

Russian court sentences former US Marine Paul Whelan to 16 years' jail for espionage
4 years, 9 months ago

Russian court sentences former US Marine Paul Whelan to 16 years' jail for espionage

ABC  

A Russian court has sentenced former US marine Paul Whelan to 16 years in jail after finding him guilty of spying for the United States in a closed trial which diplomats said was unfair and opaque. Key points: Russian authorities say Whelan was caught with classified information on a computer drive Whelan claims he thought the drive contained holiday photos …

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