A lawyer for one of the Ukrainian sailors detained by Russia on Nov. 25 off the Russia-occupied Ukrainian region of Crimea has said the case against the seamen was “a political trial.”
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RFE/RL: Lawyer for detained Ukrainian sailor decries ‘political trial’
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.
