By RFE/RL's Russian Service

A Moscow court on November 16 sentenced in absentia Denis Kapustin (aka Nikitin), a commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK) that fights along Ukrainian forces against Russian troops invading Ukraine, to life in a special-regime prison -- the toughest type of penitentiary in Russia. RDK and fighters of a group calling itself the Free Russia Legion have said they are anti-Kremlin Russians seeking to overthrow President Vladimir Putin. They have claimed responsibility for several incursions into Russian territory from the Ukrainian side of the border since Russia launched its unprovoked invasion in February 2022.