A Moscow court has upheld a decision to extend the pretrial detainment period for the 24 Ukrainian seamen captured by Russia in November 2018, defying a UN maritime-tribunal ruling that the sailors be immediately released.
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RFE/RL: Moscow court upholds extending pretrial detention of Ukrainian sailors
Activists hold placards reading "Free Sentsov" as others hold pictures of 70 Ukrainian political prisoners jailed in Russia (including the sailors taken in the Azov Sea conflict) during their rally in front of the EU Embassy in Kyiv on Dec. 11, 2018.
