A prosecutor in the occupied Crimea has asked for 11 years in prison for Yesipenko

Присяжнюк Владислава
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14:53, 15 February
A prosecutor in the occupied Crimea has asked for 11 years in prison for Yesipenko
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Occupation Prosecutor Olena Podolna has invited Vladislav Yesypenko, a freelancer for Radio Svoboda in Crimea, to 11 years in a maximum security penal colony.

This was reported by Graty“.

Read also: The Occupation Court in Crimea denied Esipenko a lawsuit for torture

It is noted that today the parties are debating in the occupying Simferopol district court.

"I believe that all the accusations are false, I do not admit them", - Yesipenko says.

Yesipenko also recorded a short video address to his wife.

The next "meeting" is scheduled for 10:30 on September 6, followed by 14:00 on September 13, 10:30 on September 21 and 10:30 on September 28.

What is known

  • On December 13, 2021, at the request of the "prosecutor", the occupation court in Crimea extended for three months, until March 18, the detention of journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko, accused of making explosives.
  • Russia's occupying FSS has detained alleged Ukrainian "spy" Vladislav Yesipenko in Crimea. He turned out to be a journalist for Radio Svoboda. He is accused of Part 1. Art. 223-1 of the Criminal Code of Russia (illegal manufacture, processing or repair of firearms, its main parts (except for firearms of limited damage), as well as illegal manufacture of ammunition).
  • In August last year, Vladislav Yesipenko's wife reported that her husband had an exacerbation of urolithiasis after being tortured. He is not provided with the necessary medical care in the pre-trial detention center, so he was taken to a civilian hospital by ambulance.
  • On July 6, the occupation court in Crimea extended the arrest of Vladislav Yesipenko until December 18. On the same day, an action in support of the journalist took place on Independence Square in Kyiv.
  • Yesipenko's defense intends to minimize the terms of his illegal imprisonment.
  • Amnesty International Ukraine has called for a petition to release Vladislav Yesipenko.

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