Russian Federation: Further information: Appeal of two Ukrainian men rejected: Stanislav Klykh and Mykola Karpyuk
On 26 October the Russian Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Stanislav Klykh and Mykola Karpyuk who had been sentenced after an unfair trial to 20 and 22 years respectively for allegedly killing Russian soldiers in Chechnya in 1994 – 1996.