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April 09, 2021
RUSSIA A view shows the newsroom of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) broadcaster in Moscow,, April 6, 2021 /
The newsroom of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) broadcaster, Moscow bureau, April 6, 2021.
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An RFE/RL freelance correspondent arrested in Ukraine s Russia-annexed Crimea has told a court he was tortured with electric shocks, beaten, and threatened with death unless he confessed to spying on behalf of Ukraine. Vladyslav Yesypenko s lawyer on April 6 said his client testified during a closed-door court hearing that the torture lasted two days after his arrest in March on what the defense calls false charges. On Wednesday, April 7, Yesypenko was