Vadim Shishimarin during a court hearing in Kyiv. Archival photoMOSCOW, July 29The Kyiv Court of Appeal commuted the sentence of convicted Russian military officer Vadim Shishimarin from life imprisonment to 15 years in prison, Graty media project says.»A panel of judges headed by Alexander Kiyashko Kievsky of the Court of Appeal changed the sentence of the Russian military Vadim Shishimarin and replaced life imprisonment with 15 years in prison,” the Grat Telegram channel said in a statement. Earlier, a court in Kyiv sentenced Shishimarin, accused of violating the laws and customs of war, to life imprisonment . In June, Shishimarin's lawyer announced that he had filed an appeal against this verdict. Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov, answering the question of whether there is a reaction to the awaiting sentence for the Russian military in Kyiv, said that Russia does not have many opportunities to protect him in Ukraine on the spot, but measures will be taken through other channels.
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