The Defendants in the Crimean Bridge Bombing Case Were Given a Life Sentence, Even Though Their Guilt Was Not Proven. Who Else in Russia Received Such a Sentence? Salman Raduev, Sergei Tsapok, Alexander Pichushkin, the "Killing Maniac" and the Terrorists

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On 27 November, the military court in Rostov-na-Don sentenced eight individuals to life imprisonment for the bombing of the Crimean Bridge in October 2022. None of the accused pleaded guilty, all of whom insisted that they were unaware of the contents of the explosive load. Moreover, even the head of the Ukrainian Security Service, Vasily Malyuk, whom the FSB considered to be the organizer of the explosion, said that the Ukrainian intelligence s…

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Bridges between symbolism, sabotage and geopolitical explosive power – River Kwai, Crimean Bridge, Rostov Process. Bridges are always a nice achievement, but sometimes also endangered. So it was the bridge over the River Kwai. But also the Crimean Bridge of Putin. It was attacked several times by Ukraine. Now Saboteurs are standing in front of a court in Rostov on Don. The accused claim that they did not know at all that the secret service of Uk…