Colombian convicted in Russia: Nine years in prison for participating in the fighting against Russian forces

A Russian court today sentenced Colombian citizen Miguel Angel Montila to nine years in prison for fighting against Russian forces as a mercenary.

The Russian Ministry of Defence has repeatedly denounced that Ukraine uses foreign mercenaries as cannon fodder. The Supreme Court of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, annexed by Moscow in September 2022, sentenced Colombian Miguel Angel Montilla Cardenas to 9 years in prison for fighting as a mercenary in the Ukrainian ranks, the Russian Attorney General's Office reported today. According to the sentence, Montilla will serve the se…