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The administration of the russian colony in Kerch, as well as, by agreement, employees of the FSB of the russian federation, are preventing the start of the parole procedure for the freelancer Krym.Realii (Radio Liberty project) Vladyslav Yesypenko, who was sentenced to five years in prison by a russian court. His wife, Kateryna Yesypenko told about this on the air of Radio Krym.Realii.
According to her, Vladyslav discussed this issue with a lawyer several times. He wanted to apply to the administration of the colony. Still, he received formal refusals, and recently, the colony’s employees began to directly state that they “wouldn’t let him go.”
“Every time Vlad received answers that it was not time yet, the second answer was, ‘you are not being released,'” said Kateryna Yesypenko.
Vladyslav Yesypenko‘s wife suggests that actions regarding parole are being blocked by the FSB of the russian federation.
“At this stage, we cannot implement actions regarding parole because they are blocked unilaterally and, most likely, by the FSB of Crimea,” Kateryna Yesypenko believes.
Earlier, Verkhovna Rada member / Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Freedom of Speech, Yaroslav Yurchyshyn, in a comment to Hromadske Radio, expressed his fear that the russian security forces are trying to prepare Vladyslav Yesypenko for a second term of imprisonment. Vladyslav‘s wife, Kateryna Yesypenko, in a comment to Krym.Realii confirmed that such fears really exist, but she has no information about possible charges against the journalist today.
As earlier reported, Vladyslav Yesypenko is a Ukrainian journalist, and freelancer Krym.Realii. Before his arrest, he covered the social and environmental issues of Crimea on the Krym.Realii website, conducted surveys of Crimeans.
On March 10, 2021, the freelancer Krym.Realii, Vladyslav Yesypenko, was detained without reason in Crimea. Russia falsely accused him of “connections with Ukrainian special services” and “storage and transportation of ammunition.”
The russian prosecution demanded 11 years of imprisonment for Yesypenko. In reality, the journalist was sentenced to five years of imprisonment in a general regime colony and a fine of RUB 110,000.
Yesypenko himself claims that russian security forces tortured him, in particular with electricity, in order to obtain evidence.
The NUJU and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine called Vladyslav Yesypenko‘s sentence “politically motivated.”
The U.S. Department of State also condemned Vladyslav Yesypenko‘s sentence, calling it “another example of abuses by the russian occupation authorities in Crimea.”
NUJU Information Service
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