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National Guard Markiv sentenced to 24 years in prison in Italy An Italian court found Vitaliy Markiv, an employee of the National Guard of Ukraine, guilty of the death of an Italian journalist Andrea Rockelli in 2014. He is sentenced to imprisonment for 24 years. 12.07.19 16:54 37 278 517 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Martynenko bailed out by Ukrainian MPs. PHOTOS Ex-MP Mykola Martynenko was bailed out by 15 Ukrainian MPs, Minister of Infrastructure Volodymyr Omelian, Youth and Sport Minister Ihor Zhdanov, Education Minister Liliia Hrynevych, and Deputy Chairman of the Central Election Commission Andrii Mahera. 22.04.17 16:33 71 159 509 Previously in trend: Martynenko case trial

Savchenko might be sentenced to 13 years or more, - lawyer Novikov Illegally kept in Russia Ukrainian MP and aviatrix Nadiya Savchenko might be sentenced to 13 years in prison. 22.06.15 10:13 53 288 472 Ukrainian Politics

Sentsov and Kolchenko sing anthem of Ukraine after verdict delivered. VIDEO Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov and activist Oleksandr Kolchenko started singing the national anthem of Ukraine, after the verdict was pronounced. 25.08.15 20:50 63 675 378 Previously in trend: Sentsov-Kolchenko verdict

Tornado's commander Onyshchenko sentenced to 11 years in prison The Obolon district court has announced a verdict against former fighters of the disbanded Interior Ministry Tornado Company. 07.04.17 22:56 82 477 327 Ukrainian Politics

MP Friz demands all charges against border guard Kolmohorov be dropped, his judges be screened for ties with terrorists Petro Poroshenko Bloc (PPB) faction MP Iryna Friz urges the Security Service of Ukraine to screen certain judges of the Prymorskyi district court of Mariupol for possible ties to terrorist organizations and separatists after they have sentenced border guard Serhii Kolmogorov to 13 years in prison for fulfilling his duty. She also called to overturn Kolmohorov’s conviction. 01.11.17 19:21 77 012 272 Ukrainian Politics

‘People's mayor’ of Berdiansk sentenced to 13 years for separatism. PHOTO The so-called people's mayor of Berdiansk city in that Zaporizhia region Viktor Kalaianov was sentenced to 13 years in prison by the Berdiansk City Court for treason against the state and creation of a terrorist group. 06.04.15 17:55 137 048 255 Incidents

Court sentences Yanukovych to 13 years of imprisonment The Obolonskyi District Court of Kyiv has passed a verdict in Yanukovych treason case. 24.01.19 17:57 17 099 251 Previously in trend: Trial against Yanukovych

Court sentences Russian GRU officers Yerofeyev and Aleksandrov to 14 years in jail each The Holosiivskyi district court of Kyiv has sentenced Russian special forces operatives Yevgeny Yerofeyev and Alexander Aleksandrov to 14 years in jail each, with confiscation of property. 18.04.16 16:56 112 615 221 Previously in trend: Captured Russian special forces operatives

Four individuals involved in attack on Kharkiv Regional State Administration building in April 2014 get suspended sentences Judge Viktoria Cherednyk considered the facts that the accused had minor children, and were positively assessed by their neighbors and relatives as sufficient to mitigate their punishment. 22.03.17 10:58 45 999 208 Oddities

Photo of judge Ali Khaybulayev, who convicted Savchenko to 22 years in prison, posted online. PHOTOS Presiding judge of the Donetsk city court of the Rostov region, Russia Ali Khaybulayev, together with his colleagues Leonid Stepanenko and Yevgeniya Chernysh, have sentenced Ukrainian pilot Nadiia Savchenko for 22 years. 24.03.16 13:40 99 059 198 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

Russia may exchange Savchenko if she pleads guilty of murder, - Nadiia's mother The Russian Federation is ready to exchange Ukrainian soldier and people's deputy Nadiia Savchenko if Ukraine acknowledges the validity of the verdict delivered against her by Russia's court. 07.04.16 00:05 42 584 195 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

National Guard Logistics Chief Manzhura arrested for bribe-taking released due to change of charges Chief of the logistics service of the National Guard of Ukraine Sviatoslav Manzhura, who was charged of taking bribe in the amount of 232,000 hryvnia (over $10,000) from a businessman for assistance in winning a contract for the supply of canned meat, has been released from custody. 13.10.15 00:10 30 891 188 Oddities

Prosecution asks for 23 years in prison for Savchenko: "Lord, what a shame" Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation is asking for 23 years in prison and a 100,000-ruble fine for Ukrainian aviatrix Nadiia Savchenko. 02.03.16 14:36 85 520 185 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

Author of petition on Latvia merger with Russia got six months in jail A Latvian court on Friday sentenced Maksim Koptelov, an ethnic Russian resident, to six months in prison for launching an online petition calling for the country to merge with Russia. 26.02.16 23:28 16 815 181 World

Unconditional discharge: Trump deliver verdict in Daniels bribery case Today, on January 10, US President-elect Donald Trump delivered the verdict to unconditional discharge in the case of hush money payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels. 10.01.25 18:28 14 248 171

Roman Seleznev sentenced to 27 years in prison in US hacking case, - Daily Mail The son of a Russian lawmaker was sentenced on Friday by a U.S. federal court to 27 years in prison after being convicted of hacking into U.S. small businesses and financial institutions, causing more than $169 million in damages. 22.04.17 11:28 32 843 161 World

Prosecutor general: 1,692 out of 9,425 officials charged with corruption convicted last year, only 107 got prison terms In 2017, Ukrainian courts convicted less than 1,700 out of 9,425 officials caught while receiving bribes whereas the overwhelming majority received suspended sentences. 25.01.18 15:14 32 878 152 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine

Terrorists may not execute Ukrainian prisoners, – Tandit Statements by ‘DPR’ and ‘LPR’ representatives about possible ‘executions’ of captured Ukrainian soldiers are intended to blackmail Kyiv during the Minsk agreements and negotiations on prisoner exchange. 07.02.16 15:20 40 873 152 Ukrainian Politics

Savchenko verdict ready, same as Sentsov’s one, pilot's lawyer says The Russian court's sentence for Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko has already been written, but she will be released sooner or later due to the growing diplomatic pressure. 07.09.15 10:09 17 367 149 Incidents

‘DPR’ terrorists sentenced Azov soldier Chudnetsov to 30 years in prison Ukrainian prisoner in the Donbas, Azov regiment soldier Yevhen Chudnetsov has been sentenced to 30 years in a penal colony (plus two more years of imprisonment) by the ‘DPR’ terrorists. 07.02.16 11:56 41 860 147 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Charged fighters of Tornado Company do not admit guilt, prepare appeal. PHOTOS Former Commander of the Tornado Company Ruslan Onyshchenko says no one of the accused soldiers admits guilt. 07.04.17 11:54 36 471 146 Incidents

Prisoner Siarhei Vostrykau executed in Belarus Another execution has taken place in Belarus: that of Homel resident Siarhei Vostrykau convicted for murder of two women, rape and kidnapping. 06.05.17 16:43 45 180 144 World

Russian mercenary Ageev captured in Donbas gets 10-year sentence, - lawyer The court in the government-controlled part of the Luhansk region passed a guilty verdict against Russian serviceman Viktor Ageev sentencing him to 10 years in prison. 26.01.18 10:37 28 516 133 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

"We are setting Nadiya up for guilty verdict and 25 years of imprisonment. We will prove her innocence procedurally but she will be sentenced regardless of this," – Savchenko’s lawyer Moscow lawyer of Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko Mark Feigin considers her conviction to be a done deal. 14.08.15 14:13 21 990 125 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Moscow court found guilty former director of Ukrainian Literature Library Sharina Meshchansky court of Moscow has found former director of Ukrainian Literature Library Nataliya Sharina guilty of extremism and embezzlement. 05.06.17 13:40 45 037 121 Society

Russian court continues passing sentence to Savchenko Judges of the court in Russian city of Donetsk continue delivering the verdict to Ukrainian pilot Nadiia Savchenko. 22.03.16 10:04 21 404 121 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

Kremlin set to launch campaign against Savchenko's defense, - lawyer Feygin Russian Presidential Administration is currently preparing an information campaign to be launched prior to convicting Ukrainian pilot, MP Nadiia Savchenko. 04.11.15 00:02 18 250 118 Ukrainian Politics

Soldier died because he was not allowed to go to medical unit: commander fined 17 thousand UAH - media Andriy K., the commander of an engineering and sapper unit of one of the mechanized battalions, was found guilty of negligence in military service, which led to the death of his subordinate. 26.03.25 14:12 19 138 115

Pro-Russian activist Kromskoi gets eight years in prison with confiscation of property The court interpreted plea of not guilty entered by Anti-Maidan activist Ihnat Kromskoi better known as Topaz as an attempt to avoid responsibility. 30.01.18 15:58 24 868 111 Incidents

Zavoloka, fitness trainer from Poltava, was sentenced to 6 years in prison for insulting and assaulting military. PHOTO Roman Zavoloka, a fitness trainer from Poltava, was sentenced to 6 years in prison for insulting the military and attacking a law enforcement officer. 04.02.25 14:59 22 752 109

Appeals court leaves Ruban in pretrial custody. VIDEO&PHOTOS Kyiv-based Court of Appeals left without changes the pretrial restriction imposed on Volodymyr Ruban, the head of the Officer Corps Center for Prisoner Release, who was earlier remanded in custody pending trial. 20.03.18 13:52 46 842 108 Previously in trend: Apprehension of Volodymyr Ruban

Ex-officer from Lviv region gets life sentence for betraying Ukraine: fled to Moscow and leaked data on Ukraine’s Armed Forces equipment – SBI A former officer from the Lviv region who, while on leave abroad, fled to Russia and passed information to the occupiers about his unit’s military equipment and the deployment of its personnel has been sentenced to life imprisonment. 24.02.26 22:29 10 552 106 Previously in trend: High treason

Russian mercenary Kusakin sentenced to eight years in prison in Ukraine Novomoskovskyi district court of the Dnipropetrovsk region has sentenced Russian citizen, "Donetsk people's republic" terrorist Vasily Kusakin to eight years in prison. 16.08.17 15:37 30 783 96 Ukrainian Politics

Russian GRU fighters Yerofeyev and Aleksandrov's 14-year sentence became final The 14-year sentence against Russian GRU servicemen Cpt Yevgeny Yerofeyev and Sgt Alexander Aleksandrov, delivered by the Holosiivskyi district court of Kyiv on April 18, has come into force. 23.05.16 10:55 31 783 96 Previously in trend: Captured Russian special forces operatives

Ukrainian ambassador Perelyhin: Trial of National Guard member Markiv is Kremlin’s special operation Ambassador of Ukraine to Italy Yevhen Perelyhin expressed his belief that the trial of National Guard member Vitaliy Markiv in Italy was the result of a Russian special operation. 16.07.19 12:57 4 501 89 Incidents

High Anti-Corruption Court sentences former State Fiscal Service head Nasirov to six years in prison Former head of the State Fiscal Service Roman Nasirov has been found guilty in a case involving unlawful decisions made in favor of companies linked to former MP Oleksandr Onyshchenko. 31.10.25 22:32 8 675 88 Previously in trend: Onyshchenko case Trial of Nasirov

Person charged with attempt on journalist Chornovol gets 5 years in jail. PHOTOS Boryspil district court sentenced Ihor Kornilov to a five-year imprisonment after finding him guilty of causing bodily harm to the then journalist and now a member of the People’s Front parliamentary faction Tetiana Chornovol on Dec. 24, 2013 and subsequent denial of medical help to her. 25.10.18 16:55 9 106 88 Previously in trend: Investigation of crimes against Maidan

Verdict in Yanukovych treason case to be passed tomorrow The Obolonskyi District Court of Kyiv will pronounce verdict in the case of Ukraine’s ex-President Viktor Yanukovych who is charged with high treason. 23.01.19 13:01 3 328 86 Previously in trend: Trial against Yanukovych

Former mayor of Zolote sentenced to two years in prison for organizing militants’ fake referendum Rubizhne city court in the Luhansk region has convicted former mayor of Zolote city Volodymyr Kochevenko. 10.05.16 18:38 6 761 84 Incidents

In Kharkiv region, Opposition MP Lazurenko received two years in prison for treason The court found Andriy Lazurenko, a deputy of the Solonitsy village council in the Kharkiv region from the Opposition Platform - For life, guilty of treason and sentenced him to two years in prison without confiscation of property. 24.06.22 20:38 6 475 82 Previously in trend: War

Russian pilot Krasnoyartsev, who bombed Chernihiv, sentenced to 14 years in prison Russian pilot Aleksandr Krasnoyartsev, who was tried in absentia in the Novozavodsk District Court in Chernihiv, was sentenced to 14 years in prison and two million in moral damages. This sentence was announced on 26 October. 26.10.23 19:10 11 609 81 War in Ukraine

Handziuk case: Perpetrators of attack on activist sentenced to 3 to 6.5 years in prison The Pokrovske District Court of Dnipropetrovsk Region has announced verdicts against the perpetrators of an attack on Kherson activist Kateryna Handziuk. 06.06.19 17:55 8 258 78 Previously in trend: Attack on Handziuk

Savchenko forbids lawyers to appeal verdict The defense of Ukrainian pilot Nadiia Savchenko, who is being tried in Donetsk (the Rostov region of the Russian Federation), will not appeal the verdict. 03.03.16 14:54 35 832 76 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

Court sentences Russia’s agent Apukhtin to six years in prison for separatism The Kyiv district court of Kharkiv sentenced leader of the South-East movement Yurii Apukhtin, who headed the local Antimaidan in the spring of 2014, to six years in prison. 24.05.17 12:07 21 806 72 Incidents

Russia to do everything possible for GRU operatives not to be sentenced in Ukraine against backdrop of Savchenko’s mock trial, - Matios Russia will do its best so that captured GRU operatives Alexander Aleksandrov and Yevgeny Yerofeyev not to be delivered the verdict. 25.03.16 15:54 30 355 72 Previously in trend: Captured Russian special forces operatives Ukrainian hostages in Russia

Anti-Maidan activist Topaz facing 15 years in jail with confiscation of property expects his verdict today The Kharkiv-based court is to pass a verdict on anti-Maidan activist Ihnat Kromskoi also known as Topaz. 30.01.18 12:35 19 676 72 Incidents

Russian militant, call sign 'Yakut,' sentenced to eight years in prison Kostiantynivka city district court (the Donetsk region) has sentenced a 50-year-old citizen of the Russian Federation (Yakutiya area) to eight years in prison for participation in a "DPR" terrorist organization. 13.02.17 13:52 32 437 71 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Evidence of Russian aggression in Ukraine