A court in Russia has handed a prison term to a man for allegedly planning to join the Ukrainian military in its fight against Russian occupying troops. The Bryansk regional court said on December 15 that it had sentenced 24-year-old Artyom Bogolyubov to six years in prison. Earlier this month, courts in the Russian regions of Krasnoyarsk and Udmurtia sentenced two men on the same charges. Ukrainian officials have said that their armed forces have a legion called Russia's Liberty consisting of Russian citizens who fight alongside Ukrainian soldiers. To read the original story from RFE/RL's Russian Service, click here.
