It is almost a month since Vladislav Yesypenko was seized by the Russian FSB in occupied Crimea, yet he has only now been able to speak to an independent lawyer and to inform a Russian-controlled court of the torture he was subjected to, with this including electric currents attached to his earlobes and savage beating. It was essentially clear from when the FSB released a taped ‘confession’ that this had likely been extracted through torture, but the details are truly shocking. Yesypenko also formally rejected the ‘lawyer’ foisted upon him by the FSB. This individual, Violetta Sineglazova, is known for essentially working with the prosecution, rather than defending clients.
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This undated photo, taken from the FSB video, shows Ukrainian journalist Vladislav Yesypenko.
