Citing the Investigation Committee of the Russian Federation, Russian media reports that Giorgi Partsvania, a fighter in Ukraine, has been sentenced in absentia to 28 years in prison.
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Partsvania was sentenced in absentia to prison, and an international search was launched for him, RIA Novosti reported. The Georgian citizen was also fined two million rubles.
The investigation alleges that from 2014 to 2017 and after February 2022, Giorgi Partsvania acted as a mercenary in the armed conflict. He fought against law enforcement representatives of the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, as well as military personnel of the Russian Federation, and systematically received material compensation.
Additionally, according to the Russian side, in August 2024, Partsvania, along with other Ukrainian law enforcement officers, illegally crossed the Russian border with weapons and ammunition. Then, they attacked the village of Poroz in Belgorod. It is emphasised that the attack involved the illegal shelling of houses and the capture of two civilians.
Giorgi Partsvania was convicted in absentia under articles of the Russian Criminal Code concerning the participation of a mercenary fighter in an armed conflict, terrorist acts, illegal crossing of the Russian state border, illegal acquisition, storage, and carrying of firearms and ammunition. He was convicted of unlawful acquisition, transfer, sale, storage, transportation, and carrying of explosive devices, as well as the smuggling of firearms and ammunition.
In August 2024, Giorgi Partsvania led a landing force that entered Russia’s Kursk region. He has been awarded Ukraine’s highest military honour, the “Golden Cross.”
