The Russian-controlled Crimean High Court has convicted Kostiantyn Shyrinh of mystery ‘spying’ and sentenced the 61-year-old Ukrainian to 12 years in a harsh regime prison colony. Shryinh has from the outset denied the charges, and says his common-law wife was terrorised into giving false testimony against him.
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A painted door like a prison cell corridor is seen during the presentation of the art project "Underground Despair", dedicated to 98 Crimean residents who were arrested after the annexation of the peninsula by Russia by Georgian artist David Kukhalashvili in downtown Kyiv on Feb. 8, 2021.
