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Names of 49 Russian judges who sentenced Ukrainians on basis of fabricated cases have been identified

how Russian courts are sentencing Ukrainians

The ‘Book of Executioners of the Ukrainian People’ project has published the names of 49 judges from two Russian district military courts who, since August 2022, have handed down convictions against at least 352 Ukrainian citizens, including prisoners of war.

This is reported by Censor.NET, citing a link to the project’s data.

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The project ‘The Book of the Executioners of the Ukrainian People’ has published the names of 26 judges from the Southern District Military Court of the Russian Federation who, since August 2022, have handed down at least 128 convictions against Ukrainian citizens, including prisoners of war, as well as 23 judges from the 2nd Western District Military Court of the Russian Federation who, following the same pattern, have convicted 224 Ukrainians.

At the time this article was being prepared, these judges still had at least 150 cases pending, so the conveyor belt of falsifications continues to operate.

According to the project’s data, since 2022, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don has handed down convictions in a total of 436 cases against Ukrainian citizens. Other military courts are hearing similar fabricated cases on a smaller scale.

The most common sentences handed down to Ukrainians in Russian courts

Ukrainians are most frequently convicted under Article 205.3 of the Russian Criminal Code ("undergoing training for the purpose of terrorist activity") and Article 205.4 of the Russian Criminal Code ("participation in a terrorist organisation"). It was precisely under these articles that the vast majority of the "Azovstal" defenders were tried. Typical sentences are 13 and 18 years’ imprisonment; in some cases, life imprisonment.

According to testimonies gathered from Ukrainian servicemen released from captivity, the fabrication of cases during interrogations lasting many hours is accompanied by systematic torture — including electric shocks, beatings, mock executions, sexual violence and so on. According to former captives, only around 30 per cent of the use of force was intended to extract specific ‘confessions’ — the rest was intended to intimidate and ‘prepare’ them for questioning by investigators.

As the main stage of the case preparations drew to a close, the prisoners on trial at the Southern District Military Court were transferred by the Russian Federation to Pre-Trial Detention Centre No. 1 in Rostov-on-Don, where conditions were less harsh, in order to conceal any signs of torture before they appeared in court.

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Court hearings are far too short and perfunctory

An analysis of the verdicts shows that the court hearings largely consisted of two formal stages, each lasting 30 minutes: the reading out of the charges and the pronouncement of the verdict. There was no genuine examination of the evidence, questioning of witnesses or proper defence.

List of appointed judges:

The data are based on verified identification details and an analysis of criminal case files.

2nd Western District Military Court of the Russian Federation

Southern District Military Court of the Russian Federation

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