Journalist Stanislav Aseyev sentenced to 15 years in a penal colony

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Source: AAP

A court established by Russia-backed separatists who hold parts of eastern Ukraine has sentenced journalist Stanislav Aseyev, an RFE/RL contributor, to 15 years in a penal colony. Aseyev, who wrote under the pen name Stanislav Vasin, disappeared in Ukraine's Donetsk region on June 2, 2017, and has been held in detention since by the separatists… On October 22, the armed formations of the Russian Federation and its mercenaries violated ceasefire 24 times in the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) area in eastern Ukraine…



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