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Halya Coynash: Sinister methods suspected for obtaining verdict in Russia’s Ukrainian show trial
Details have emerged which cast some light on how a jury in Chechnya could have found two Ukrainians guilty of crimes allegedly committed while fighting against Russian federal forces in Chechnya, despite overwhelming evidence that neither man had ever set foot in the place and that most of the alleged crimes had never happened. The defence lawyers representing Mykola Karpyuk and Stanislav Klykh believe that the judge, Vakhit Ismailov, was directly implicated in putting pressure on jury members.
