Leonid Parkhomenko, a retired Black Sea Fleet captain from Sevastopol, has been convicted by the Russian military court in Rostov of ‘treason’ and sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment. Parkhomenko denied the charges, which date back to 2003-2005, and there are strong grounds for suspecting the methods used to obtain the conviction.
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Members of the Russian Federal Bailiff Service stand guard outside a courthouse as they wait for the arrival of detained Ukrainian sailors, Simferopol, Crimea, on Nov. 27, 2018.
