“Ukrainian expresident is sentenced to prison”

“A Ukrainian court has sentenced the country’s expresident Viktor Yanukovych to 13 years in prison for high treason, reports the AFP news agency.”

“The Moskvavänlige Yanukovych condemned in his absence. He was overthrown in Majdanrevolten in February 2014, when over 100 protesters were shot dead – many, according to the testimony, of specialpoliser loyal to the regime. Yanukovych fled to Russia the same month.”

“– Yanukovych committed a crime against the Ukrainian national security foundation, says the judge, Vladislav Devjatko in court in the capital, Kiev.”