Yevgeny Yerofeyev – Johnson's Russia List

Russian Soldier Captured in Ukraine Under Pressure, Offered Asylum

June 11, 2015 JRL Russia List Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War

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(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Anna Dolgov – June 11, 2015) Yevgeny Yerofeyev – who identified himself as a Russian army captain when he was captured last month in the rebel Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine – is “under very serious pressure” to cooperate with investigators looking into his case, his lawyer Oksana Sokolovskaya said Wednesday, news agency Interfax reported. […]

Moscow Admits Two Fighters Captured in Ukraine Are Ex-Russian Soldiers

May 19, 2015 JRL Russia List Military, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Anna Dolgov – May 19, 2015) Russia’s Defense Ministry has identified two fighters captured in Ukraine as former servicemen in the Russian military – a concession that echoes rights advocates’ claims that Moscow has been discharging its soldiers from the army before sending them to fight alongside separatists in the Donbass. The fighters, Alexander Alexandrov […]