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The prosecution demanded 22 years in prison for Ukrainians accused of participating in battles in Chechnya.
The state prosecution in the Supreme Court of Chechnya demanded dozens of years in prison for those accused of participating in hostilities in Chechnya in 1994-1996 on the side of the separatists and killing Russian soldiers. Mykola Karpyuk is 22 years and 6 months in a strict regime colony, Stanislav Klykh is 22 years old. This was reported on Twitter by journalist Anton Naumlyuk.
Karpyuk thanked the lawyers, activists in Russia who support him, the RosUznik project. Klykh reacted very emotionally, shouted and stated that he was not in Chechnya,
the journalist writes .
upd. 12:17 The defense of Karpyuk and Klykh insists on the charges being dropped after the statute of limitations expires and demands an end to the persecution. The verdict will be handed down on May 26, beginning at 17:00. This was reported by journalist Anton Naumlyuk.
Earlier it was reported that the jury convicted the accused of participating in the fighting in Chechnya. At the same time, the jury indicated that Stanislav Klykh deserves leniency.
According to investigators, the Ukrainians, being members of the nationalist organization UNA-UNSO, now banned in Russia, arrived in Tbilisi to go to Chechnya, where they intended to take part in hostilities against federal troops. On December 31, 1994, they allegedly took part in the battles for Grozny, fought in the area of the railway station and Minutka Square, and killed and wounded several dozen Russian soldiers.