Trial Begins for Kazakh Citizen Suspected of Fighting Alongside Separatists in Ukraine

From RFERL's Kazakh Service, Oct 24, 2016:

The trial of a Kazakh citizen suspected of fighting alongside Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine started in Kazakhstan on October 24.

Maksim Yermolov, who attended his trial in the northwestern city of Aqtobe, pleaded not guilty.

Yermolov, an ethnic Russian, was detained in February 2015 after returning to Kazakhstan from Ukraine's Donetsk region, where he allegedly fought alongside pro-Russia separatists who are battling Ukrainian government forces.

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