Russian State Duma Chairman Volodin sentenced in absentia to 15 years in prison in Ukraine
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Thu, 12 Dec 2024 14:23:52 +0200
Khmelnytskyi City and District Court has sentenced Vyacheslav Volodin, the chairman of the Russian State Duma the lower chamber of the parliament ed., to 15 years in prison for encroaching on Ukraines territorial integrity and sovereignty.
Source Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Quote The court found the Russian parliamentary official guilty of encroachment on the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine Article 110.3 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
He was sentenced to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property.
Details The prosecutors office stressed that Volodin chaired a meeting of the State Duma on 15 February 2022, which considered an appeal to Russian ruler Vladimir Putin to recognise the independence of the temporarily occupied parts of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts Donetsk and Luhansk Peoples Republics are two separate nonrecognised and quasistate formations ed..
In particular, Volodin initiated the inclusion of this issue on the agenda, controlled the voting process and supported the resolution on the relevant appeal.
On 22 February 2022, Volodin voted for the ratification of the socalled treaties of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance between the Russian Federation and the abovementioned formations, which became the formal basis for Russias fullscale invasion of Ukraine.
Background In April 2022, Volodin and 418 members of the Federal Assembly the Russian parliament ed.
were served with notices of suspicion.
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