Russian judges have sentenced 19 Crimean political prisoners since the start of the invasion

Since the Russian military launched a full-scale military invasion of Ukraine, Russian judges have sentenced 19 Crimean political prisoners. According to Ukrinform, this was reported on Facebook by the public organization CrimeaSOS.

“All 19 political prisoners were sentenced by a judge of the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don. The forced relocation of the Crimean people to the territory of the Russian Federation can be regarded as a war crime. Such crimes have no statute of limitations, i.e responsibility for them may come in decades,” said Crimean SOS analyst Yevhen Yaroshenko.

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