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Halya Coynash: Imprisoned Ukrainian blogger escapes from Russian-occupied Crimea
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Blogger and teacher Yuriy Ilchenko.
One of the ever-increasing number of Russia’s political prisoners in occupied Crimea has managed to escape. After nearly a year spent in detention on ‘extremism’ charges, Yury Ilchenko, Sevastopol teacher and blogger, was released under house arrest. Expecting no justice from a court in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ilchenko decided to flee to mainland Ukraine.