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Russian occupation court sentences Ukrainian to 11 years for alleged espionage

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Russian occupation court sentences Ukrainian to 11 years for alleged espionage
Photo for illustrative purposes: A Russian FSB officer in assault gear. (Grigorenko/Getty Images)

A Russian-controlled court in occupied Donetsk Oblast sentenced 20-year-old Mikhail Karimov, a resident of Mariupol, to 11 years in a strict regime penal colony, Mariupol City Council reported on Dec. 12.

Karimov was accused of allegedly providing Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) with information about Russian troop locations and movements between December 2022 and June 2023.

Mariupol City Council noted that Russian-set authorities have intensified efforts to identify and prosecute so-called "spies" and "saboteurs" in occupied territories, with numerous court hearings being held for those accused of opposing the Russian occupation.

In a similar case, a Russian-controlled court in occupied Crimea sentenced a 33-year-old man to 15 years in a strict regime penal colony on Dec. 9.

He was accused of state treason for allegedly passing information about Russian military equipment movements and a military facility under construction to Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense between December 2022 and March 2023.

These actions reflect an ongoing crackdown by Russian occupation authorities against individuals they claim to be working against their forces in occupied Ukrainian territories.

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Tim Zadorozhnyy

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Tim Zadorozhnyy is a reporter at The Kyiv Independent, covering foreign policy, U.S.-Ukraine relations, and political developments across Europe and Russia. Based in Warsaw, he is pursuing studies in International Relations and European Studies. Tim began his career at a local television channel in Odesa, working there for two years from the start of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine. After relocating to Warsaw, he spent a year and a half at the Belarusian opposition media outlet NEXTA, initially as a news anchor and later as managing editor.

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