Russian contract soldiers who were held in a Donbas basement demand an investigation
Russian service members, who were held in basements for two weeks after they refused to fight in Ukraine, have demanded that the Russian Investigative Committee open a criminal case concerning unlawful imprisonment, kidnapping, and abuse of power, reports Pavel Chikov, head of the human rights group Agora. Contract soldiers Alexander Afonin, from Moscow, and Andrey Vasilyev, from Pskov, who were sent in August to fight in the self-proclaimed “LNR,” made a statement to investigating authorities.