Donetsk militant court sentences captive employee of NGO Centre UA to two years in prison

Fomichev spent over seven months in prisons of the so-called Ministry for State Security (MSS), the report said. He is accused of bringing two hand grenades from Kyiv to Makiyivka in eastern Ukraine. The sentence was announced on August 16. Fomichev was also charged with alleged cooperation with the far-right Svoboda Party, but this count was removed from his indictment due to the lack of proof. The activist's parents plan to appeal against the ruling of the so-called DPR court. It is also not known whether he is on a prisoner swap list. According to media reports, 23-year-old Fomichev is a member of NGO Centre UA, which investigates wrongdoings by politicians, develops reform programmes and monitors MPs’ performance.