Halya Coynash: No defence, no mercy for Russia’s oldest Ukrainian hostage
Yuriy Soloshenko, ex-director of the Ukrainian national enterprise \u201cZnamya\u201d was arrested in Moscow on August 5, 2014, accused of espionage. He was sentenced to 6 years of prison.
Russia has rejected a pardon application from 73-year-old Yury Soloshenko, who was deprived of legal defence in Russia and then tricked into pleading guilty to 'spying' he could not have committed.
