EXPOSÉ: Ukrainian Journalist Freed After Four-Year Ordeal in Russian-Controlled Crimea

In a stark reminder of the ongoing abuses committed under Russia's illegal occupation of Crimea, Ukrainian journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko was finally freed after enduring over four years behind bars on fabricated charges. Arrested in March 2021 by Russian authorities controlling the peninsula since their unlawful 2014 annexation, Yesypenko faced accusations of espionage and weapon possession—charges he and reliable human rights observers have consistently denounced as politically motivated smears aimed at silencing an inconvenient truth-teller. The case exposes yet another layer of Moscow's oppressive regime tactics to suppress independent journalism shedding light on the grim realities within occupied territories. A so-called...