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June 4th, 2015 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda 
The defense lawyer of Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko has filed an appeal against the refusal to hold a new trial and told reporters that this refusal was another confirmation that the initial trial had been politicized.
The appeal was submitted to the New York Court after Judge Jed
Rakoff of the Southern District of New York refused the request
to repeal the guilty verdict in Yaroshenko’s trial because of new
evidence presented by the defense, lawyer Aleksey Tarasov told
Tass. “The judge made his decision and it was a negative
decision. I see it as unjust and absolutely biased,” the
lawyer said.
A US court sentenced commercial aircraft pilot Konstantin
Yaroshenko to 20 years in jail in 2011 for allegedly
participating in a conspiracy to smuggle drugs into the United
States. He was arrested in Liberia following a sting operation
and handed over to the US, despite protests from Russia and
violations of the diplomatic code. The pilot himself has always
maintained his innocence, saying his poor command of English
prevented him from understanding the nature of suggestions made
to him by undercover DEA agents.
Yaroshenko and his relatives have repeatedly maintained the whole
scheme was organized by US special services in an attempt to
extract evidence against Viktor Bout, another Russian citizen
illegally extradited to the US and sentenced after a DEA sting
operation.
Earlier, Yaroshenko’s lawyers claimed that they possessed
“practically irrefutable evidence” that some of the
audio records used by prosecutors were hidden from the court, but
used as a basis for their charges. This happened because US
agents had made these records in violation of many countries’
laws and therefore cannot be used in the trial, the defense said.
In comments to Tass, the Foreign Ministry’s Envoy for Human
Rights, Konstantin Dolgov, also said that the rejection
contradicted all arguments of the defense it could be seen as
confirmation of the politicized nature of the initial sentence.
READ MORE: Foreign Ministry concerned over US
‘hunt’ for Russian citizens in foreign countries
In early April, Russia’stop law enforcement agency, the
Investigative Committee, launched a criminal case against 11
agents and four Liberian law enforcers over suspicions that they
took part in the sting operation that ended in Yaroshenko’s
detention. The suspects were charged in absentia with kidnapping,
threats of violence and forcing a person to testify in a criminal
process using intimidation or torture. In Russia, these crimes
are punished with prison sentences of up to 12 years.
In 2014, the Russian Foreign Ministry issued an official warning
to all citizens who travel abroad, especially to countries that
have extradition agreements with the United States. “The US
administration makes a routine practice out of hunting for
Russian citizens in third countries, with subsequent extradition
and conviction in the US, usually over dubious charges,” the
Russian diplomats warned.
Source Article from http://rt.com/politics/264937-yaroshenko-trial-refusal-appeal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS
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