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Ukrainian Journalist Released From Prison In Occupied Crimea

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Ukrainian Journalist Released From Prison In Occupied Crimea
Vladislav Esipenko
Photo: RFE/RL

He spent four years in custody.

A journalist of the Ukrainian service's project "Radio Liberty Crimea.Realii" Vladislav Yesipenko has been released after four years in prison.

Russian authorities in annexed Crimea sentenced him to a prison term on charges of collecting information for Ukrainian intelligence. Esipenko has denied the charges, writes Radio Liberty.

Esipenko, a Russian and Ukrainian citizen, was arrested in March 2021. In February 2022, a Russian court in Crimea sentenced him to six years in prison on espionage charges. A court in Moscow later reduced the sentence to five years. He was also charged with storage and transportation of explosives.

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