Ukrainian citizen sentenced to 12 years in prison in occupied Crimea on charges of "espionage"
11:18, 15 October
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The occupying Supreme Court of Crimea sentenced 61-year-old Ukrainian Konstantin Shiring to 12 years in a maximum security prison. He was accused of "espionage".
This was reported by the Crimean Human Rights Group.
"The meeting was held behind closed doors, the information on its results was announced by lawyer Dmytro Dinze. The defense attorney also said that earlier in the debate, the prosecutor asked for 14 years in prison, and the defense - to acquit Konstantin Shiring. Shearing himself also asked to acquit him, saying that "he was slandered and blamed", - human rights activists said.
According to the lawyer, the defense intends to appeal this sentence.
What is known
- The Crimean human rights group reported earlier that on April 15, 2020, the FSS announced the detention in Crimea of members of a "Ukrainian intelligence and sabotage group" that allegedly included "a Russian serviceman suspected of leaking a state secret" Tatiana Kuzmenko and a Ukrainian citizen suspected of "Carrying out espionage activities on behalf of the Ukrainian special services" Konstantin Shiring. According to the Russian agency, criminal cases "on treason and espionage" were initiated.
