The second time around, Russian judges have done what they’re told and sentenced Crimean Tatar political prisoner Ruslan Zeytullaev to 12 years’ maximum security. The sentence was expected, not because there were any grounds to the charges against the 31-year-old father of three, but because Russia’s FSB needed an ‘organizer’ for its paperwork to seem ‘in order’. The retrial and this sentence are especially chilling since there are three other men charged under the same type of quota, and they face even harsher sentences.
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Halya Coynash: Crimean Tatar gets 12-year sentence to meet Russian FSB quota
Russian judges sentenced political prisoner, Crimean Tatar Ruslan Zeytullaev, 31-year-old father of three, to 15 years’ maximum security.
