MOSCOW — A Russian court on May 26 sentenced two Ukrainians to at least 20 years each in jail for allegedly fighting alongside Chechen rebels against Russian troops in the 1990s. Ukraine considers Stanislav Klikh, who was given 20 years behind bars, and Nikolai Karpyuk, who received 22 and a half years, political prisoners and has demanded their release.
International Business Times: Two Ukrainians accused of fighting in Chechen war sentenced by Russia to lengthy prison terms
An activist holds a poster with Mykola Karpyuk portrait on Maidan Nezalezhnosti on May 21 .
