On April 10, a military court in Russia sentenced two men to nine years in prison each in two different cases, accusing them of planning to join the Freedom of Russia Legion, which is fighting on the side of Ukraine against the occupation armed forces of the Russian Federation. This is reported by Radio Liberty, citing the Russian media, UNN reports .
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It is noted that 19-year-old Vsevolod Kulikov from Lipetsk was convicted of attempting to set fire to a military airport and attempted high treason. Vyacheslav Kuznetsov from Tatarstan was found guilty of attempted high treason.
Both Kulikov and Kuznetsov pleaded guilty. They will spend three years in prison, and the remaining six years in a maximum security colony.
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In the Russian city of Yekaterinburg , a woman with Russian and US citizenship was arrested on suspicion of treason for raising funds for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.