Russian Volunteer Corps fighters sentenced in absentia to life in prison in Russia

Russia has sentenced Russian Volunteer Corps commander Denis Kapustin and four fighters to life imprisonment in absentia in the case of the invasion of Bryansk Oblast.

Source: Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency RIA Novosti; Latvia-based Russian media outlet Medusa

Details: The Second Western District Military Court has sentenced five members of the Russian Volunteer Corps, which fights on the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, to life imprisonment in a criminal case over the invasion of Bryansk Oblast. The sentence was passed in absentia.

Kapustin was fined 2.5 million roubles (approx. US$25,000). The other defendants in the case are Alexander Galanov, Anton Zyryanov, Kirill Kanakhin and Alexei Ogurtsov, who were also sentenced to life imprisonment and fined 2 million roubles (approx. US$20,000) each.

For Denis Kapustin and Kirill Kanakhin, this is their second life sentence in Russia. Before that, they were convicted in absentia in a treason case.

Background: On 22 May 2023, fighters of the Russian Volunteer Corps entered the territory of the settlements of Lyubimovka and Churovichi in Bryansk Oblast of the Russian Federation.

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