The Second Western District Military Court in Moscow on July 9 sentenced a shoemaker, Nikolai Kolin, for sending 5,000 rubles ($57) to the so-called Russian Volunteers' Corps (RDK) that has fought alongside Ukraine's armed forces against occupying Russian troops. Kolin, who was arrested in April 2023, was found guilty of financing terrorism. In November, a Moscow court sentenced in absentia Denis Kapustin (aka Nikitin), a commander of the RDK, to life in prison on a high treason charge. The RDK has claimed several attacks on Russian military sites in the Belgorod region in recent months. To read the original story by Current Time, click here.
Moscow Shoemaker Gets 14 Years In Prison For Sending $57 To Pro-Ukrainian Militia
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