This article was originally published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and is reprinted with permission.
A military court in Moscow on February 26 sentenced to life in prison on high-treason charge former actor Kirill Kanakhin, who joined the so-called Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK) fighting alongside Ukrainian forces against Russian troops.
The court issued the sentence in absentia four months after an arrest warrant was issued for Kanakhin.
He was previously added to Russia’s list of extremists and terrorists.
Also in November, a Moscow court sentenced in absentia Denis Kapustin (aka Nikitin), a commander of the RDK, to life in prison in absentia on the same charge.
