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Helsinki resident who fought for Ukraine handed over to Russia by Burkina Faso

A Helsinki resident of Russian origin who fought on Ukraine's side was handed over to Russia when he went to African countries looking for work. A Russian court convicted him of mercenary activity, according to an investigation by the Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, the Finnish broadcaster Yle reported on Sept. 20.

21 September, 11:50 AM

Mykola Karpiuk, co-founder of UNA-UNSO and former Russian prisoner, dies at front

Mykola Karpiuk, a co-founder of the organization UNA-UNSO (Ukrainian National Assembly — Ukrainian People's Self-Defense), a public and political figure and a Kremlin political prisoner, died at the front, blogger Yurii Honcharenko reported on Facebook on Sept. 20.

20 September, 08:47 PM

Russian court releases truck drivers linked to drone launches after evidence falls short

A Russian court rejected a request by the Investigative Committee to extend the detention of truck drivers whose vehicles were used to launch drones during Ukraine’s SBU Operation Cobweb on Sept. 16, after prosecutors found no direct evidence proving their guilt, according to iStories.

16 September, 05:30 PM

Russian man sentenced to 14 years in prison for taking photos of military graves

A Russian court has sentenced Nikolai Shcherbakov, a 48-year-old resident of Yaroslavl, to 14 years in a maximum-security prison for high treason, independent Russian news outlet Mediazona reported on August 7.

9 September, 08:40 AM

Russian court sentences Ukrainian woman to 12 years for donating to Ukraine's Armed Forces

Russia’s Murmansk Oblast Court convicted Severomorsk resident Vladimir Grabovetsky and his alleged accomplice, Ukrainian citizen Polina Kuzmina, on charges related to financing Ukraine's military, Radio Liberty’s Current Time channel reported on May 19.

20 May, 11:55 AM

Russia illegally sentences three more Azov prisoners of war

Russia’s Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced three Ukrainians who were taken prisoner during the siege of the Azovstal plant in Mariupol, news outlet Mediazona reported on March 27.

29 March, 08:45 PM

Russia bans Oscar-winning documentary Mr. Nobody Against Putin

A court in Chelyabinsk has banned the screening of the 2026 Oscar-winning documentary Mr. Nobody Against Putin in Russia, BBC and Mediazona reported on March 26.

27 March, 02:30 PM

Russia jails 55-year-old ZNPP engineer

Russian occupation “authorities” have sentenced 55-year-old Enerhodar resident Ruslan Lavryk, a radio engineer at Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), to 16 years in prison, Enerhodar Mayor Dmytro Orlov said on Oct. 15.

16 October 2025, 12:53 AM

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