Russian President Vladimir Putin signed on Tuesday decrees pardoning for humanitarian reasons two Ukrainian nationals sentenced by a Russian court to lengthy... 14.06.2016, Sputnik International
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed on Tuesday decrees pardoning for humanitarian reasons two Ukrainian nationals sentenced by a Russian court to lengthy prison terms, the Kremlin press service said in a statement.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Gennady Afanasiev was sentenced by the Moscow City Court in December 2014 to seven years in high-security colony on terrorism charges, while Yury Soloshenko was sentenced in October 2015 to six years in high-security colony on espionage charges.
According to the statement, both pardon decrees come into force on the day of signing.
In late May, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree to pardon Savchenko. She was delivered to Kiev following the pardoning.
On the same day, a plane carrying Yevgeny Yerofeyev and Alexander Alexandrov, Russian citizens convicted and sentenced in Ukraine for terrorism-related activities landed at Moscow’s Vnukovo International Airport, after Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed a corresponding decree to pardon them.
Access to the chat has been blocked for violating the rules .
You will be able to participate again through:∞.
If you do not agree with the blocking, please use the feedback form
The discussion is closed. You can participate in the discussion within 24 hours after the publication of the article.
