Russia’s Third Court of Appeal left unchanged the 19-year prison sentence imposed on Crimean businessman Oleksandr Osadchyi, Ukrinform reported on 11 November, citing the Crimea Process human-rights project. According to that report, the ruling was issued on 5 November in a case involving a state-treason charge.
The decision means Osadchyi’s appeal did not change the sentence. Crimea Process said the appeal was held behind closed doors, the court website concealed information about the defendant and parties, and judges considered the complaint in one hearing lasting no more than six hours.
That reported procedure makes public access to the court’s reasoning a central issue. A closed hearing can produce a binding appellate outcome, but without the judgment or the parties’ submissions, the public cannot assess the arguments considered or the safeguards applied.
Crimea Process also says the case concerned accusations that Osadchyi gathered information about Russian military ships and an oil depot in Feodosia. The group describes the prosecution as fabricated and says he was held in isolation without legal status after an FSB detention. Those claims are attributed to Crimea Process; the supplied report includes neither the trial or appeal ruling nor responses from Osadchyi’s defence, his family or Russian authorities.
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- Укрінформ · Source date: 2026-11-11
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