published: 19.06.2024
Trials against Ukrainians in Rostov: four men found guilty in murder and attempted murder
The South District military court in Rostov-on-Don handed down sentences to four Ukrainian citizens, accused of the murder of the warlord Arsen "Motorola" Pavlov and his bodyguard in 2016, as well as of the attempted murder of Alexander Zakharchenko, the head of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic, in 2017. On June 18, 2024, the court sentenced Oleksandr Pohorelov to life in prison; Artem Yen to 17 years of strict regime penal colony; Vasyly Churylov to 13 years of strict regime penal colony, Oleksandr Tymoshenko to 12 years of strict regime penal colony.
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