US EditionMan Who Joined Wagner Group Convicted of Mercenarism in Uzbekistan
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Court in Uzbekistan Jails Man Who Fought With Wagner in Ukraine
A court in Uzbekistan has sentenced a 25-year-old citizen to five years in prison for joining Russia’s war against Ukraine. The man was found guilty of mercenarism, according to Gazeta.uz. The defendant, born in 2000 and identified by the initials U.M., initially traveled to Russia in July 2021 for work. Later that year, he was arrested after police discovered heroin in a package he had been asked to deliver. In March 2022, he was sentenced to e…
In October 2024, the man returned to Uzbekistan, where he was almost immediately detained by law enforcement officials.
A court in Uzbekistan has sentenced a 25-year-old man who fought on the side of Russia against Ukraine to five years in prison in a mercenary case. — Ukrinform.
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