INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A Russian military court has sentenced two men to nine years in prison on separate charges of attempting to join a militia group fighting
alongside the Ukrainian army, state media reported Wednesday.Vsevolod Kulikov, 19, from the central Lipetsk region, and Vyacheslav
Kuznetsov, 36, from the republic of Tatarstan, were accused of applying to enlist in the Freedom of Russia Legion last year
Garrison Court foundKuznetsov andKulikov guilty of attempted state treason in separate trials and sentenced each of them to nine years in
prison, according to the TASS news agency.Kulikov was also found guilty of attempted terrorism and forcing someone else to join the
tortured and that his confession had been forced.
