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David Kasatkin
Military
1996-12-02
Не в России
Rostov-on-Don
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From 2015 to 20 May 2022, he served in the Ukrainian Azov regiment as a sniper, machine gunner, grenade launcher and platoon commander. On 20 May 2022, taken prisoner of war before being exchanged as part of a prisoner of war exchange. Prosecuted in the case of 24 people associated with Azov, accused of forcible seizure and retention of power, organising the activities of a terrorist organisation and receiving training to carry out terrorist activities. Human rights activists note that since he is a prisoner of war, he should not have been held criminally liable for actually participating in military
From 2015 to 20 May 2022, he served in the Ukrainian Azov regiment as a sniper, machine gunner, grenade launcher and platoon commander. On 20 May 2022, taken prisoner of war before being exchanged as part of a prisoner of war exchange. Prosecuted in the case of 24 people associated with Azov, accused of forcible seizure and retention of power, organising the activities of a terrorist organisation and receiving training to carry out terrorist activities. Human rights activists note that since he is a prisoner of war, he should not have been held criminally liable for actually participating in military actions, and on top of that, consider the charges absurd. On 26 March 2025, he was sentenced in absentia to 15 years' imprisonment.
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