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| Lawyer for Russian officer in Ukraine found dead | Lawyer for Russian officer in Ukraine found dead |
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| MOSCOW — A lawyer for one of two Russian servicemen on trial in Ukraine has been found shot to death, officials said on Friday. | MOSCOW — A lawyer for one of two Russian servicemen on trial in Ukraine has been found shot to death, officials said on Friday. |
| Yuri Grabovsky was representing Alexander Alexandrov, who was captured along with another Russian last year in rebel-held eastern Ukraine. The two men admitted they were Russian officers but Moscow said they had resigned from active duty. Russia has repeatedly denied it was supplying the separatists with equipment or recruits. | Yuri Grabovsky was representing Alexander Alexandrov, who was captured along with another Russian last year in rebel-held eastern Ukraine. The two men admitted they were Russian officers but Moscow said they had resigned from active duty. Russia has repeatedly denied it was supplying the separatists with equipment or recruits. |
| Anatoly Matios, chief military prosecutor, told reporters on Friday that Grabovsky’s body with a gunshot wound was found in the early hours on Friday buried south of the capital Kiev after a suspect had told prosecutors about the location. Another suspect in the killing was detained later, he said. | Anatoly Matios, chief military prosecutor, told reporters on Friday that Grabovsky’s body with a gunshot wound was found in the early hours on Friday buried south of the capital Kiev after a suspect had told prosecutors about the location. Another suspect in the killing was detained later, he said. |
| The prosecutor would not immediately identify the motive for the killing or reveal the names of the suspects. | The prosecutor would not immediately identify the motive for the killing or reveal the names of the suspects. |
| Hearings in the trial of the two Russians were adjourned in early March when Grabovsky did not show up in court and was later declared missing. After Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko was convicted and sentenced to 22 years in a Russian prison, Ukraine’s president said he would be willing to exchange Alexandrov and the other officer for Savchenko. | |
| Shortly after his disappearance, Grabovsky’s Facebook account was hijacked. Someone posted pictures from an Egyptian sea resort, impersonating the lawyer. His friends and colleagues said Grabovsky left his passport at home and could not possibly be abroad. | |
| Amnesty International earlier this week raised the alarm about Grabovsky’s disappearance, saying that he and the lawyer for the other defendant have been under “sustained pressure from the Ukrainian authorities” in connection with their role in the trial. | |
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| This story has been corrected to say that the lawyer represented only one of the two officers. | This story has been corrected to say that the lawyer represented only one of the two officers. |
| Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. | Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. |