Ivan Yatskin
Ivan Hryhorovych Yatskin (; born 1979) is a Ukrainian citizen from the Crimean Pervomaiske Raion, Pervomaiske district, who is currently being held as a political prisoner in the Russian Federation. Early life Yatskin was born and raised in the village of Airbar, Crimea, Voikove in Central Crimea. Before his arrest, Yatskin and his family lived in the regional capital of Simferopol. He is married and has three children. Following the beginning of the Russian occupation of Crimea, Yatskin continued to display his pro-Ukrainian stances, despite the threat of possible repressions like arbitrary arrest, torture, kidnapping and criminal prosecution, which are commonly applied by Russian-installed authorities in order to suppress the display of pro-Ukrainian sentiment on the peninsula. Arrest, trial and imprisonment On 16 October 2019, Yatskin was arrested when Federal Security Bureau, FSB agents raided his home and seized multiple electronical devices and his Ukrainian documents. ...
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