Russian court sentences Trevor Reed to 14.5 years in prison in absentia

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A Russian court on Wednesday, October 9, found Trevor Reed, a former U.S. Marine released by Russian authorities in a prisoner swap in 2022, guilty in absentia of serving in Ukraine as a mercenary and sentenced him to 14.5 years in prison, Reuters reports.

Russia's Investigative Committee said Reed joined the Ukrainian army in July 2023 and “took direct part in hostilities on the side of Ukrainian security forces” against Russian troops in Ukraine.

The committee said it had placed Reed on an international wanted list.

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In July of this year, the US State Department said Reed had been wounded in combat in Ukraine and taken to Germany for treatment.

Reed, who was born in 1991, was convicted in Russia in 2019 of threatening the lives of two police officers while intoxicated.

The US called the trial at the time a “theater of the absurd.”

Reed was released in a prisoner swap in April 2022 in exchange for Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who was convicted of conspiring to smuggle cocaine into the US.

BAGNET recalls that last Monday, October 7, a Russian court sentenced 72-year-old American Stephen James Hubbard was sentenced to nearly seven years in prison on charges of serving Ukraine as a mercenary.

Prepared by: Sergey Daga