A high-ranking Russian official and nationalist leader Dmitry Demushkin claims he was persecuted and repressed by Russian authorities after he refused to support the illegal annexation of Crimea and subsequent invasion of eastern Ukraine during March and April 2014.
Ukraine Today: Russian Deputy PM Rogozin accused of recruiting anti-Ukraine volunteers in Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) listens to Russia's Vice-Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin during a meeting of the Victory Organizing Committee at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 17, 2015.
