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During the battle of Kursk, in Russia, Ukrainian soldiers were captured. Their trials, mainly for acts of ‘terrorism’, are taking place in Moscow. Photo: A Ukrainian soldier with his back to a wall, head down, is held by a hooded Russian soldier.
Kursk’s battle goes to court in Moscow
1 April 2025 by Maria Koroleva
Moscow's retaking of the Kursk region in March could deprive Ukraine of a bargaining chip in the peace talks. And according to the Justice Info tally, 67 Ukrainian soldiers captured in Kursk have been tried.
The “Azov” trial in Russia is down to 12 defendants in court
21 October 2024 by Maria Koroleva
The “Azov” trial which began in Rostov-on-Don in June 2023 is the largest criminal case related to Ukrainian prisoners of war in Russia. In late August, the prosecution requested sentences ranging from 16 to 24 years for all accus [...]
Russia: persecution of LGBT people - Photo: artistic creation by Inna Mosina showing an almost naked woman lying in the middle of a pile of old televisions that have been turned off or whose images are blurred. LGBT people in Russia: searching for an internal enemy
30 September 2024 by Maria Koroleva
On September 12, a Moscow court sentenced two young men, Timur A. and Daniil R., to prison for standing near the window of their apartment without clothes. The case is one of hundreds in Russia, launched under the law to protect “ [...]
Trial for treason in Russia. Photo: Russian-American citizen Ksenia Karelina appears behind the glass of the dock in Yekaterinburg (Russia). Russia: a surge of treason cases for supporting Ukraine
26 July 2024 by Maria Koroleva
“Anyone is at risk now”, says a lawyer. In recent years, the number of treason cases in Russia has increased significantly. According to authorities, last year 39 people were convicted under this charge. Justice Info estimates tha [...]
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Irina Navalnaya trial in Russia. Photo: Navalnaya adopts a dreamy, feminine pose behind the glass of the dock. The young Ukrainian woman is accused of terrorism.
13 May 2024 by Maria Koroleva
Navalnaya’s case: how Ukrainian civilians are tried in Russia Irina Navalnaya, a 26-year-old Ukrainian woman, has been on trial in Russia for six months for allegedly attempting to blow up the Mariupol district administration building during the so-called referendum in the Donetsk People’s R [...]
Trial of a Ukrainian in Russia: Anton Cherednik, in Rostov-on-Don.
18 March 2024 by Maria Koroleva
Russia: 30 times fewer Ukrainians sentenced than in the occupied territories In Ukrainian territories occupied by Russia, courts report on new sentences almost every week, but in Russia the Southern Military Court in Rostov-on-Don has issued nearly 30 times fewer verdicts in the past year, Justice Info has [...]
Russian trial in Donetsk: 33 Ukrainian prisoners of war sentenced.
8 February 2024 by Maria Koroleva
More than 200 Ukrainians tried in the occupied territories More than 200 Ukrainian servicemen have been sentenced in Russian trials since the start of the "special operation" on February 24, 2022, head of the Russian Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin said in January. Justice Inf [...]
Ukrainian soldiers surrender to the Russian army in Mariupol (Ukraine) in April 2022.
24 November 2023 by Maria Koroleva
In Donetsk, over 100 Ukrainian soldiers sentenced in four months Since August, the Supreme Court of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic, in Russia-occupied Eastern Ukraine, has handed down harsh sentences on at least 118 Ukrainian soldiers and military personnel, as Justice Info established [...]
Russian prisoners of war exchanged for Ukrainian POWs - Photo: russian soldiers holding flags.
31 October 2023 by Maria Koroleva
Russian soldiers exchanged with Ukraine: what happens after Justice Info has endeavored to follow the cases of at least two servicemen, convicted and sentenced in Ukraine for war crimes, who have been exchanged and returned to Russia. Although they have been convicted and have admitted the [...]
26 September 2023 by Maria Koroleva
A window into the trial of the Ukrainian “Aidar” battalion in Russia Eighteen members of the Ukrainian “Aidar” battalion are on trial before the Russian military court of Rostov-on-Don, southern Russia. Like the 22 alleged members of the “Azov” battalion, they face charges of “participating in a te [...]
25 September 2023 by Maria Koroleva
A day of defence for the “Azov” in Rostov-on-Don military court The military court in Rostov-on-Don, southern Russia, continues to hold hearings in the largest war-related trial, opened in June and involving 22 Ukrainian prisoners of war. Last week, Justice Info attended a hearing where defenc [...]
Trials of Ukrainian fighters in Russia - A bus leaves Lefortovo prison loaded with Ukrainian prisoners of war in preparation for an exchange.
27 July 2023 by Maria Koroleva
One year on, how Russia is starting to try Ukrainians Justice Info has calculated that at least 50 Ukrainians and foreigners have been or are being tried in Russia, Donetsk and Luhansk. War-related cases have started to abound more than a year after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Uk [...]
Trial of alleged members of the Azov Battalion in Russia, at Rostov-on-Don.
24 July 2023 by Maria Koroleva
Ukraine: in Russia, alleged members of the “Azov” Battalion plead not guilty Most of the 22 prisoners of war – including 9 cooks – that Moscow considers members of the Ukrainian Azov battalion, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday, July 19 during a trial in Rostov-on-Don (southern Russia). In this first, large [...]
Azov trial in Russia - The Azovstal plant in Ukraine, partially destroyed by military clashes between the Azov regiment and Russian armed forces.
6 July 2023 by Maria Koroleva
The low-level and controversial trial of the Azov regiment in Russia In June, a court in Rostov-on-Don began to consider a criminal case against 24 prisoners of war whom Russia considers members of the Ukrainian Azov regiment. It is the largest scale, war-related trial to be held in Russia to date. [...]
In Rostov-on-Don (Russia), European soldiers involved with the Ukraine are being indicted by the Russian judiciary in a trial in which they are accused of being mercenaries.
27 June 2023 by Maria Koroleva
Rostov-on-Don, the city where Russia tries Ukrainian fighters – and foreigners Rostov-on-Don has just been in the news for the Wagner armed militia’s brief uprising. But it is also in this large town in western Russia that the first Russian trials of captured Ukrainian fighters are being held. One of them, a [...]