The trial is shortly to begin in Russia of 61-year-old Ukrainian Oleh Prykhodko on charges almost certainly linked with his pro-Ukrainian views and unconcealed opposition to Russian occupation. He is currently still imprisoned in the Simferopol SIZO (remand prison), but will shortly be transported to Rostov-on-Don in a series of moves from prison to prison which are gruelling and dangerous, even without the current pandemic.
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Crimean pro-Ukrainian activist Oleh Prykhodko outside his home in Orekhovo, near Saki. He was arrested on Oct. 9, 2019, evening on ‘terrorist’ charges.
