Ukraine has initiated the extradition proceedings which could get Valentin Vyhivsky returned to Ukraine well over two years after he was seized by armed paramilitaries in Russian-occupied Crimea in September 2014. He was then held in Russia incommunicado for 8 months, and later sentenced in a closed Russian court to 11 years’ imprisonment for alleged spying.
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This undated photo shows Ukrainian political prisoner Valentin Vyhivsky, who has been held in a Russian prison.
