The human rights organization Memorial reports that a Moscow court sentenced a 34-year-old Russian to 13 years in a penal colony for transferring 50 euros to the Ukrainian army.
A court in Moscow found a 34-year-old Russian guilty of high treason for transferring 50 euros to the Ukrainian army. Organization of defense human rights Memorial reported that he was sentenced to 13 years in a high-security penal colony.
“The sentence for 34-year-old Aleksander Krajczyk was passed on November 1,” the independent portal Mediazona reported.
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He transferred 50 euros to the Ukrainian army
According to the Federal Security Service, the man on February 26, 2022, just two days after Russia's attack on Ukrainetransferred 50 euros to an account at the Deutsche Bundesbank, where funds were collected for the Ukrainian army.
Officers showed up at Krajczyk's work in April last year and confiscated his phone. He was detained a little later when he wanted to fly from Moscow's Vnukovo airport to Istanbul.
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