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RFE/RL: Ukrainian man pleads not guilty at Russia terrorism trial

Published July 23, 2018 at 1:00 pm

Ukrainian teenager Pavlo Hryb is seen in a court room of Russia's Krasnodar District Court on Oct. 18. Hryb was allegedly kidnapped by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) in Belarus, and will remain in custody in Krasnodar region until Jan. 4.

Photo by facebook.com/Andrei Sabinin

A 20-year-old Ukrainian man has pleaded not guilty to a charge of abetting terrorism as his trial got underway in Russia on July 23.

“I fully disagree with the charge because critical mistakes have been made during the investigation,” Pavlo Hryb said at the North Caucasus Regional Military Court in Rostov-on-Don.