Donetsk ‘Court’ Sentences Georgian Opposition Figure to 13 Years in Absentia for Fighting in Ukraine

A de facto court in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian region of Donetsk sentenced Georgian citizen and opposition politician Koba Khabazi to 13 years in a high-security penal colony in absentia, alleging he took part in combat on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as a “mercenary”, Russian state media TASS reported on April 10. According to …

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