In Ukraine, a deputy of the Russian parliament of Crimea has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for treason. This is reported by the press service of the Prosecutor’s office of the AR Crimea.
It is known that we are talking about Alexander Batalin, Russian-born, who before the occupation of the peninsula was Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Crimea, as well as twice elected Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea from the Party of Regions.
Today, he is a member of the “United Russia” party and chairman of the so-called Crimean regional branch of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.