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Indonesian court sentences Ukrainian man to life for producing illegal drugs in Bali
Roman Nazarenko was sentenced to life for leading a drug ring producing marijuana and ecstasy precursors, recruiting others and overseeing operations in Bali, prosecutors said.
- An Indonesian court sentenced Roman Nazarenko, a 40-year-old Ukrainian man, to life imprisonment on September 18, 2025, for producing illegal drugs on the island of Bali.
- Nazarenko became a key suspect after a police raid uncovered a drug lab in a Bali villa in May 2024, and he was arrested in Thailand in December while fleeing to Dubai following seven months on the run.
- The trial revealed a crime network involving Russians and Ukrainians collaborating in drug production and trafficking on Bali, which has attracted thousands fleeing the 2022 war between their countries.
- The leader of Indonesia’s National Narcotics Agency described it as an unusual situation that Russian and Ukrainian nationals, despite their countries being at war, have joined forces on Bali to traffic illegal drugs.
- The verdict signals intensified law enforcement against the growing drug rings on Bali, cautioning about the criminal influence affecting the island’s youth and the growing number of foreign tourists linked to crime.
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Indonesian court sentences Ukrainian man to life for producing
“There is no reason to forgive or justify the defendant, he deserves to be punished commensurate with what he has done,” presiding Judge Eni Martiningrum saidA Russian man identified by prosecutors as the overall mastermind of the drug ring, Oleg Tkachuck, remains at largeDENPASAR, Indonesia: A Ukrainian man arrested in Thailand and extradited to Indonesia after seven months
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Indonesian court sentences Ukrainian man to life for producing illegal drugs in Bali
A Ukrainian man arrested in Thailand and extradited to Indonesia after seven months on the run has been convicted of producing illegal drugs on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali and sentenced to life in prison.
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