Lavrov urged not to speculate on the death sentence for mercenaries in the DPR

British citizen Sean Pinner, citizen of the Kingdom of Morocco Saadoun Brahim and British citizen Aiden Eslin in a courtroom in Donetsk. Archive photoYEREVAN, June 10 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov urged not to speculate on the topic of sentencing foreign mercenaries in the DPR and recalled that they were convicted under the legislation of the republic, since their crimes were committed there.» at the moment, all the processes you mentioned are based on the legislation of the Donetsk People's Republic, because the crimes in question were committed on the territory of the DPR. Everything else is already a subject for speculation, I would not interfere in the work of the judicial and the law enforcement system of the Donetsk People's Republic,» Lavrov said in response to a question from journalists about the situation with mercenaries. On June 9, in Donetsk, three foreigners captured in Mariupol were sentenced to death — two British citizens Sean Pinner and Aiden Aslin, as well as a citizen Nin Morocco Saadoun Brahim. All three pleaded guilty to Ukraine's armed aggression aimed at seizing power in the DPR. Aslin also pleaded guilty under the article «Training in order to carry out terrorist activities.» According to the laws of the DPR, the verdict can be challenged within a month. The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov, said that the mercenaries who arrived in Ukraine are not combatants and «the best thing that awaits them is a long term in prison.»The head of the British Foreign Office called the verdict on British mercenaries in the DPR illegitimate