Russia's War Against Ukraine OP-ED

Halya Coynash: Russian prevented from appealing against 9-year sentence

By Halya Coynash.

Published Nov. 27, 2020. Updated Nov. 27 at 9:27 am

A picture taken on Nov. 26, 2020, shows a ruby star atop one of the Kremlin's towers during a snowfall in Moscow.

Photo by AFP

In August 2020, Vladimir Domnin was sentenced in Russia to 9 years’ imprisonment for supporting Ukraine in the conflict in Donbas and the court is now claiming to have not received either his appeal against the sentence or other complaints and applications regarding the case.