The Russian Invasion|Ukraine's Response
Ukraine wanted man - believed to have murdered nationalist
The Ukrainian police have released a picture of a young man who is suspected of having shot dead the Ukrainian nationalist politician Iryna Farion on Friday, reports TV4 Nyheterna.
The man is in his 20s and between 170 and 180 centimeters tall. Neighbors say they have seen a man with a similar description sitting on a bench near Farion's residence every day for two weeks before the murder.
Farion is a former member of parliament for the ultra-nationalist Svoboda party and is known for controversial statements about Ukrainian soldiers speaking Russian. She was shot dead during the night of Saturday outside her residence in Lviv.
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The Russian invasion. The outside world's response
Seized Russian luxury yachts cost the West millions
European and US authorities have seized at least 13 Russian luxury yachts as part of sanctions against Russia. Now the ships have started to cost their new owners large sums of money. This is reported by the Financial Times.
The 348-foot-long Amadea, for example, was seized in Fiji by American authorities after the outbreak of war. Since then, the operation has cost the state nine million dollars, corresponding to almost SEK 100 million, annually.
According to American lawyer Stefan Casella, states may be forced to continue paying the costs of the luxury yachts until a judge deems it proven that their owners are linked to Putin.
- When you are dealing with shell companies and classified information, or when people are hiding behind goalkeepers, it can take a very long time, he tells the newspaper.
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Russian-American journalist convicted in Russian court
The Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva who works for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has been sentenced to six and a half years in prison for spreading "false information" about the Russian army, AP reports.
Kurmasheva was arrested by Russian authorities in October last year and sentenced in a secret and speedy trial in the Russian city of Kazan on Friday, the news agency writes. She was sentenced on Friday, the same day Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovic was sentenced to 16 years in prison in Yekaterinburg.
A court spokeswoman told the AP the verdict, but her case is classified as secret and no further details about what she is accused of are available.
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