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Ukrainian journalist, columnist of Donbas. Realities Radio Liberty’s project Stanislav Aseyev was sentenced to 15 years in prison, Russian-backed militants of the “Donetsk People’s Republic” formation reported in their media on October 22.

As Radio Liberty notes, the “DPR” formation claims that Aseyev was convicted under several articles, namely “creation of extremist organization”, “espionage”, “incitement to espionage”, “public calls to extremist activity”, “public calls to actions aimed at violation of territorial integrity.

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