A court in the Siberian city of Nizhnevartovsk on April 10 sentenced a 20-year-old man to nine years in prison for attempting to join the so-called Russian Volunteers' Corps (RDK) that has fought alongside Ukraine's armed forces against occupying Russian troops. Magomed Magomedov was arrested near the Russian-Belarusian border in June 2023. In November, a Moscow court sentenced in absentia Denis Kapustin (aka Nikitin), a commander of the RDK, to life in prison on a high treason charge. The RDK has claimed several attacks on Russian military sites in Russia's Belgorod region in recent months. To see the original story by RFE/RL's Siberia.Realities, click here.
Siberian Court Sends Man To Prison For Attempt To Join Pro-Ukrainian Militia
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