Vadim Shishimarin during a court hearing in KyivMOSCOW, May 23.Russian military Vadim Shishimarin, sentenced to life imprisonment in Ukraine, was not even provided with the minimum standards of justice, the well-known Russian lawyer Dmitry Agranovsky told RIA Novosti. Earlier on Monday, a court in Kyiv sentenced Shishimarin, accused of violating the laws and customs of war, to life imprisonment. The defense intends to appeal the verdict.Kiva: the sentence to the Russian military in Ukraine has no legal force Agranovsky. In his opinion, in this way the Kyiv authorities show that they will keep the prisoners hostage and «do whatever they please with them.» «I think that he will not have to serve a life sentence, since the life of the Kyiv regime is much shorter than life. His fate will be decided both militarily and politically,» Agranovsky said. He recalled that Shishimarin was defended by a Ukrainian lawyer, embassies and consulates were not invited to the process. «As for recognition, a person can be forced to confess to anything «Knocking out testimony is an art. The results of this process cannot be trusted,» the lawyer emphasized. Earlier press secret Answering the question of whether there is a reaction to the pending verdict on the Russian military in Kyiv, Dmitry Peskov, the President of the Russian Federation, said that Russia does not have many opportunities to protect him in Ukraine on the spot, but measures will be taken through other channels.
Court in Kyiv sentenced Russian military to life imprisonment
