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Ukraine sentences Russian sports legends-turned MPs to 15 years in absentia – TASS

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Ukraine sentences Russian sports legends-turned MPs to 15 years in absentia – TASS
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Published: July 8, 2025 10:59 am
Author: RT

The verdicts have reportedly targeted politicians who supported Donbass independence

Ukrainian courts have sentenced 12 Russian lawmakers, including former athletes, to 15 years in prison in absentia for actions that Kiev claims undermined the country’s territorial integrity, TASS reported on Tuesday citing court documents.

Russian MPs Vladislav Tretyak, a former multiple-time world ice hockey champion, and Nikolay Valuyev, a former world boxing champion, were sentenced without being present by the Khmelnitsky district court in Ukraine.

Andrey Kartapolov, head of the State Duma’s defense committee, along with nine other deputies and former lawmaker turned Altai Prime Minister Aleksander Prokopyev, received the same sentence from various Ukrainian courts as well.

The men are said to have violated Ukraine’s territorial integrity. The charges reportedly relate to their support for parliamentary resolutions recognizing the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, which joined Russia following a referendum in February 2022, days before the start of Russia’s military operation.

Other convicted MPs include Vladislav Reznik, Ruslan Gadzhiev, Sergey Burlakov, Shamsail Saraliev, Rustam Kalimullin, Evgeny Popov, Ildar Gilmutdinov, Aydin Saryglar, and Viktor Vodolatsky.

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The sentences are symbolic, as the individuals reside in Russia and are unlikely to serve their terms unless apprehended elsewhere.

The convictions add to a growing list of Russian officials sentenced in absentia by Ukrainian courts for their roles in the ongoing conflict.

The Security Service of Ukaine (SBU) has been routinely filing charges in absentia against Russian political, military, cultural and public figures. Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has also signed a series of decrees imposing sanctions on Russian individuals and entities, as well as on foreign nationals accused by Kiev of cooperating with Moscow.

Russian actress Svetlana Khodchenkova, known in part for her roles in films featuring Zelensky, was earlier added to the website Mirotvorets (Peacemaker), a purported state-linked list of Ukraine’s enemies. She appeared alongside Zelensky in ‘Love in the Big City’ (2009) and the 2011 comedy ‘Office Romance – Our Time’.

Last month, Russian hockey legend Alexander Ovechkin, who recently broke the NHL’s all-time scoring record, was also added to the controversial database.

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