Occupants try Ukrainians in Crimea under absurd sentences for statistics

Russian punitive authorities ended 2025 with a large-scale wave of repression in an effort to fulfill the plan to solve cases. According to human rights activists, the number of 'political' proceedings against Ukrainians has not only increased, but has become as absurd as possible: courts are increasingly re-sentencing for the same'crimes', and the FSB reports on the murder of detainees.

This was reported by the Media Initiative for Human Rights.

In December, a dangerous trend was recorded: Russian security forces reported six cases of killing 'terrorists' during detention. Three of the cases involved citizens or natives of Ukraine in Crimea, Tyumen and Kaluga regions. The FSB does not disclose the names of the victims, which gives grounds to believe that these liquidations are either propaganda fabrications or extrajudicial executions of civilians.

The case of the murder in Crimea of Stanislav Orlov, the leader of the disbanded Espanyol group that fought against Ukraine, is illustrative. This indicates that the Kremlin's repressive machine has begun to absorb its own militants.

Russian security forces are actively falsifying cases by retrieving archives from 25 years ago. For example, a Ukrainian, Chingiz Savchenko, was detained in the Smolensk region and accused of participating in an attack on Russian paratroopers in Chechnya back in 2000 as part of the Khattab gang. In fact, Savchenko is a former clerk of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who was previously detained for "opposing the SVO," and a video of his "confession" from two years ago has already been circulating online.

Another manifestation of absurdity is the case of Lyudmyla Stryukova, a mother of three from Donetsk region. Russian propaganda reported on her sentencing to 13 years in prison three times in six months, each time presenting the same sentence as a new victory for justice.

Катерина Глушко