It has long been clear that Russian-controlled courts provide the sentences demanded in politically-motivated trials. In Russian-occupied Crimea, if there are orders not to release a Ukrainian activist they also act as prosecutor.
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Halya Coynash: Judges double as prosecutors to jail Ukrainian activist in Crimea
A Russian flag blows inside the entrance of Crimea's regional parliament building in Simferopol on March 13, 2014.
