Russian judges also found Sergei Denisenko guilty of “illegal possession of weapons” and “high treason.”
In Russia, the Krasnodar Regional Court convicted Sergei Denisenko, accused of murder for hire by a former submarine commander. Krasnodar Stanislav Rzhitsky. RosSMI writes about this in connection with the press service of the United Courts of the Krasnodar Territory.
It was noted that he was sentenced to imprisonment for 25 years, with the first 5 years of imprisonment to be served in prison, and the remaining term of imprisonment – in a maximum security correctional colony, with a fine of 500 thousand rubles , with restriction at liberty for 1 year 9 months.
Also, in favor of the father of the murdered man, 5 million rubles were obtained from Denisenko as compensation for moral damage.
As reported, the defendant allegedly admitted that he was recruited by Ukraine.
According to investigators, in October 2022 Denisenko allegedly received the task of killing the former submarine commander. Krasnodar captain 2nd rank Stanislav Rzhitsky, where he arrived in Krasnodar and organized the tracking of the victim, and later received a pistol with a silencer from his accomplices.
In March 2023, Denisenko became a citizen of the Russian Federation, took an oath and received a Russian passport.
On July 10, 2023, the defendant allegedly stopped Rzhitsky in the park where he was jogging in the morning and shot him at least eight times. Denisenko was imprisoned in Tuapse.
As Ukrainian journalist Andrey Tsaplienko writes, Sergei Denisenko, the head of the Ukrainian Karate Federation, was detained by the FSB a day after Stanislav Rzhitsky, the former submarine commander, was shot dead while jogging. Krasnodar.
Russian judges also found Denisenko guilty of “illegal possession of weapons” and “high treason.”
“If he really did it on instructions from the Ukrainian special services, then, in all likelihood, he would agree to an exchange,” suggests Tsaplienko.
We remind you that social networks reported the details of the murder of Sergei Rzhitsky in Krasnodar. He was involved in a missile attack in Vinnitsa last year that killed 27 Ukrainians.
Source: korrespondent
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