Two former SBU employees sentenced in absentia to 9 and 10 years in prison. They were accused of torturing activist Oleksandr Kostenko in Crimea, the press service of the prosecutor's office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea reports.. Sevastopol.

" 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine) since the beginning of the international armed conflict in Crimea. Prosecutors proved in court that the convicts had arrested and tortured Ukrainian Euromaidan activist Oleksandr Kostenko,"

The prosecutor's office said in a statement that the actions of the accused are a serious violation of Art.. 147 of the Convention for the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, 1949.

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After the occupation of the peninsula by enemy forces, the defendants began to cooperate with the enemy and entered the service of the so-called department of the FSB of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and.

Sevastopol. In early 2015, ex-SBU officers abducted and arrested Ukrainian activist Oleksandr Kostenko, a participant in the Revolution of Dignity.

The man was tortured with electric current, physical violence and threats were made against him. So the " We are talking about inflicting bodily harm to an employee of the special forces "

Subsequently, Kostenko was put on trial. The prosecution against him was represented by the former occupation "