Aleksandr Nikulin () is a
Donetsk People's Republic
The Donetsk People's Republic ( rus, Донецкая Народная Республика, Donetskaya Narodnaya Respublika, dɐˈnʲetskəjə nɐˈrodnəjə rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə; abbreviated as DPR or DNR, rus, ДНР) is a disputed en ...
supreme court judge since 2019.
In 2022, during the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, he presided the trial of captured Ukrainian and foreign soldiers who surrendered following the
Siege of Mariupol and Azovstal plant. The event was described as a show trial, ending in June 2022 with
death penalty to foreign prisoners Britons
Aiden Aslin
Aiden Aslin (; born in 1994) is a British-born dual citizen of the United Kingdom and Ukraine who was captured by Russian forces in April 2022 while fighting as a Ukrainian Naval Infantry, Ukrainian Marine in Mariupol. He was sentenced to death ...
,
Shaun Pinner
Shaun Pinner is a former soldier of the British Army who joined the Ukrainian Armed Forces as a contracted fighter in 2018 and fought during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. During the siege of Mariupol, he was captured and sentenced to dea ...
, and Moroccan
Brahim Saadoune
Brahim Saâdoune ( ar, إبراهيم سعدون, Ibrāhīm Saʻdūn; born 2000) uk, Брахім Саадун, Brakhim Saadunrussian: Брагим Саадун, Bragim Saadun is a Moroccan student who joined the Ukrainian Armed Forces as a fi ...
,
Nikulin describing them as "Nazi".
On November 4, 2022, Nikulin was shot by unknown attackers in
Vuhlehirsk
Vuhlehirsk (, ; , Uglegorsk) is a city in Horlivka Raion, Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. The city's population was 10,309 in 2001. More recently, the population has been estimated to be .
Vuhlehirsk is a district-level city in the Donet ...
and left in critical condition, in what appears to be an assassination attempt.
Denis Pushilin
Denis Vladimirovich Pushilin (russian: Дени́с Влади́мирович Пуши́лин, ; uk, Денис Володимирович Пушилін, Denys Volodymyrovych Pushylin; born 9 May 1981) is a Russian and Ukrainian politician ...
, leader of the DPR, accused Ukraine of commanding the assassination.
References
People from the Donetsk People's Republic
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