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| Azov militant sentenced to life in prison for shooting civilians |
| 2024-06-04 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The Supreme Court of the DPR sentenced to life imprisonment the commander of a branch of the Azov group (an organization whose activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation) Pyotr Shuflin, who shot three civilians of Mariupol in March 2022, the republic's prosecutor's office reported on June 3. Shuflin was found guilty under paragraphs. “a”, “g”, “l” part 2 tbsp. 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (murder of two or more persons committed by an organized group, motivated by political, ideological hatred), as well as Part 1 of Art. 356 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (cruel treatment of civilians in occupied territory). “On March 14, 2022, Shuflin, together with a colleague, while on the street of the Azov Military Flotilla in Mariupol, carrying out the received criminal order from the command, shot three previously detained civilians with targeted shots from a machine gun and a pistol. The men died at the scene of the crime from gunshot wounds,” the statement said. The court also established that Shuflin will serve his sentence in a special regime correctional colony. As Regnum reported, on May 30, the Supreme Court of the DPR sentenced to life imprisonment a serviceman of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Alexander Svinarchuk, who ordered the murder of civilians. In March 2022, Svinarchuk, being a company commander, ordered Sabir Romanovich, who was in a combat position in the building of the Azovobschemash plant in Mariupol, to kill three civilians. As a result of his injuries, one man died on the spot, two managed to escape. On June 3, the Supreme Court of the LPR found the commander of the 15th motorized infantry battalion of the 58th separate motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Bogdan Garnaga guilty of committing a number of criminal offenses, sentenced him in absentia to 20 years in prison and put him on the international wanted list. Investigators have established that on April 7, 2022, on the orders of Garnaga, servicemen of the Ukrainian Armed Forces battery fired at least 15 indiscriminate shots of high-explosive fragmentation shells from a mortar towards residential buildings in the city of Popasnaya (LPR). More from regnum.ru Ukrainian Armed Forces battalion commander sentenced in absentia to 20 years in prison for shelling Popasna The Supreme Court of the LPR found the commander of the 15th motorized infantry battalion of the 58th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Bogdan Garnaga, guilty of committing a number of criminal offenses, sentenced him in absentia to 20 years in prison and put him on the international wanted list, the press service of the Investigative Committee reported on June 3. Investigators have established that on April 7, 2022, on the orders of Garnaga, servicemen of the Ukrainian Armed Forces battery fired at least 15 indiscriminate shots of high-explosive fragmentation shells from a mortar towards residential buildings in the city of Popasnaya (LPR). The buildings received significant damage and were partially destroyed, civilians experienced moral suffering, the press service of the Investigative Committee noted. “He (Garnaga - Ed.) was found guilty of committing crimes under Part 1 of Art. 356 (cruel treatment of the civilian population and the use of prohibited methods in armed conflict), Part 3 of Art. 30, pp. “a”, “e”, “g” and “l” part 2 art. 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (attempted murder of two or more persons, committed by a group of persons in a generally dangerous manner based on hatred and enmity) and Part 2 of Art. 167 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (intentional damage to someone else’s property in a generally dangerous way). By a court verdict, Garnaga was sentenced in absentia to 20 years in prison to be served in a maximum security colony,” the statement said. As Regnum reported, in February 2024, the Supreme Court of the DPR convicted in absentia a soldier of the Ukrainian nationalist group “Azov” (a terrorist organization whose activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation) Roman Shebanov, who gave the order to carry out indiscriminate shelling of civilian infrastructure in the settlements of Stary Krym and Lebedinskoye. Shebanov's subordinates fired about 500 shots. He was sentenced to 28 years of imprisonment in a maximum security colony. On May 30, the Supreme Court of the DPR sentenced to life imprisonment a serviceman of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Alexander Svinarchuk, who gave the order to kill civilians. In March 2022, Svinarchuk, being a company commander, gave an order to Sabir Romanovich, who was in a combat position in the building of the Azovobschemash plant in Mariupol, to kill three civilians. As a result of his injuries, one man died on the spot, two managed to escape. |
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