68-year-old Vitaly Atamanchuk remains imprisoned in the Russian proxy ‘Donetsk people’s republic’ almost 18 months after he, his 70-year-old wife and their son were seized by the militants. No explanation was ever provided for the night-time visitation and ‘arrests’, and there is nothing to indicate why the 68-year-old pensioner should have recently been ‘sentenced’ to 17 years for supposed spying.
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An armed soldier guard stands during the campaign meeting of Denis Pushilin, the leader of the Russia-backed separatists in Donetsk on Nov. 9, 2018.
