{"id":14322,"date":"2018-12-09T20:16:02","date_gmt":"2018-12-09T20:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=14322"},"modified":"2018-12-21T09:04:09","modified_gmt":"2018-12-21T09:04:09","slug":"slovak-fighting-in-war-in-ukraine-faces-8-year-imprisonment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/slovak-fighting-in-war-in-ukraine-faces-8-year-imprisonment\/","title":{"rendered":"Slovak Fighting in War in Ukraine Faces 8 Year Imprisonment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mario R. is the first Slovak who is accused of participating in the war in Ukraine on the side of Russian terrorists. The accused will be tried in absentia because he still remains in the Donbas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The investigator of the anti-terrorist unit of the National Criminal Bureau (NAKA) is accusing Mario R. of participating in an illegal organized armed unit on the territory of a foreign state. &#8220;If the charges are proven, he will face 2 to 8 years in prison,&#8221; said a representative of the Slovak police in the social media on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;This is the first case when a citizen of Slovakia faces charges for an active participation in fighting in the armed conflict in Ukraine against Ukrainian army,&#8221; police adds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Since 2015<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The parliament of Slovakia added a new article &#8220;Participation in fighting as part of an organized armed unit on the territory of a foreign state&#8221; to the Criminal code when it became known that a number of Slovaks had joined Russian terrorists in Eastern Ukraine. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;At least since July 2015, the accused Mario R. participated with weapons in organized armed units fighting on the side of pro-Russian separatists. He participated, and still actively participates, in armed hostilities, performed by organized armed units on the territory of a foreign state, in particular &#8211; in Donetsk Oblast of the Donbas region,&#8221; said Slovakian police.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the Dennik N newspaper, Mario R. is a former skinhead from the town of Bansk\u00e1 Bystrica, who had previously been convicted for 7 crimes. When a journalist asked him, whether he shot anybody in Ukraine, he replied &#8220;Just fascists&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At least 4 Slovak citizens have been involved in the war in the Donbas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Original source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.novinky.cz\/zahranicni\/evropa\/488886-slovak-bojuje-na-ukrajine-na-strane-separatistu-hrozi-mu-za-to-osm-let-vezeni.html?source=FBS&amp;fbclid=IwAR1fRjKz9rydKgyvwrwiVM5I-vrcQOLTpJV_VLnFLtIjmGSJtNUOp0sex1s\">Novinky.cz\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Author: <\/span><b>Ivan Vil\u00ed\u010dek<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>Pr\u00e1vo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pravo.cz\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">http:\/\/www.pravo.cz\/<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Translated to Ukrainian by Sviatoslav Shchihol<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Translated to English: Maksym Sviezhentsev<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Edited by Max Alginin<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/08\/header2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13389\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/08\/header2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"642\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/08\/header2.jpg 642w, https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/08\/header2-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/08\/header2-500x261.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mario R. is the first Slovak who is accused of participating in the war in Ukraine on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":14323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[529,528,532],"tags":[313,5680],"class_list":["post-14322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-donbas","category-news","category-world","tag-dnr","tag-slovakia"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Slovak Fighting in War in Ukraine Faces 8 Year Imprisonment - InformNapalm.org (English)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mario R. is the first Slovak who is accused of participating in the war in Ukraine on the side of Russian terrorists. The accused will be tried in absentia because he still remains in the Donbas.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/slovak-fighting-in-war-in-ukraine-faces-8-year-imprisonment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Slovak Fighting in War in Ukraine Faces 8 Year Imprisonment - InformNapalm.org (English)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mario R. is the first Slovak who is accused of participating in the war in Ukraine on the side of Russian terrorists. The accused will be tried in absentia because he still remains in the Donbas.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/slovak-fighting-in-war-in-ukraine-faces-8-year-imprisonment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"InformNapalm.org (English)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-12-09T20:16:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-12-21T09:04:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/12\/\u0421\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043a\u0443-\u0449\u043e-\u0432\u043e\u044e\u0454-\u0432-\u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0456-\u043d\u0430-\u0431\u043e\u0446\u0456-\u0442\u0435\u0440\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0456\u0432-\u0437\u0430\u0433\u0440\u043e\u0436\u0443\u0454-\u0432\u043e\u0441\u044c\u043c\u0438\u0440\u0456\u0447\u043d\u0435-\u0443\u0432\u2019\u044f\u0437\u043d\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f-600x336.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"336\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"vasgri\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"vasgri\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/slovak-fighting-in-war-in-ukraine-faces-8-year-imprisonment\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/slovak-fighting-in-war-in-ukraine-faces-8-year-imprisonment\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"vasgri\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d9ac22904157eeb67f0b60921e87d8bf\"},\"headline\":\"Slovak Fighting in War in Ukraine Faces 8 Year Imprisonment\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-12-09T20:16:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-12-21T09:04:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/slovak-fighting-in-war-in-ukraine-faces-8-year-imprisonment\/\"},\"wordCount\":315,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/slovak-fighting-in-war-in-ukraine-faces-8-year-imprisonment\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/12\/\u0421\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043a\u0443-\u0449\u043e-\u0432\u043e\u044e\u0454-\u0432-\u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0456-\u043d\u0430-\u0431\u043e\u0446\u0456-\u0442\u0435\u0440\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0456\u0432-\u0437\u0430\u0433\u0440\u043e\u0436\u0443\u0454-\u0432\u043e\u0441\u044c\u043c\u0438\u0440\u0456\u0447\u043d\u0435-\u0443\u0432\u2019\u044f\u0437\u043d\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f-600x336.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"DNR\",\"Slovakia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Donbas\",\"News\",\"World\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/slovak-fighting-in-war-in-ukraine-faces-8-year-imprisonment\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/slovak-fighting-in-war-in-ukraine-faces-8-year-imprisonment\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/slovak-fighting-in-war-in-ukraine-faces-8-year-imprisonment\/\",\"name\":\"Slovak Fighting in War in Ukraine Faces 8 Year Imprisonment - InformNapalm.org (English)\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/slovak-fighting-in-war-in-ukraine-faces-8-year-imprisonment\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/slovak-fighting-in-war-in-ukraine-faces-8-year-imprisonment\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/12\/\u0421\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043a\u0443-\u0449\u043e-\u0432\u043e\u044e\u0454-\u0432-\u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0456-\u043d\u0430-\u0431\u043e\u0446\u0456-\u0442\u0435\u0440\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0456\u0432-\u0437\u0430\u0433\u0440\u043e\u0436\u0443\u0454-\u0432\u043e\u0441\u044c\u043c\u0438\u0440\u0456\u0447\u043d\u0435-\u0443\u0432\u2019\u044f\u0437\u043d\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f-600x336.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-12-09T20:16:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-12-21T09:04:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d9ac22904157eeb67f0b60921e87d8bf\"},\"description\":\"Mario R. is the first Slovak who is accused of participating in the war in Ukraine on the side of Russian terrorists. The accused will be tried in absentia because he still remains in the Donbas.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/slovak-fighting-in-war-in-ukraine-faces-8-year-imprisonment\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/slovak-fighting-in-war-in-ukraine-faces-8-year-imprisonment\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/slovak-fighting-in-war-in-ukraine-faces-8-year-imprisonment\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/12\/\u0421\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043a\u0443-\u0449\u043e-\u0432\u043e\u044e\u0454-\u0432-\u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0456-\u043d\u0430-\u0431\u043e\u0446\u0456-\u0442\u0435\u0440\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0456\u0432-\u0437\u0430\u0433\u0440\u043e\u0436\u0443\u0454-\u0432\u043e\u0441\u044c\u043c\u0438\u0440\u0456\u0447\u043d\u0435-\u0443\u0432\u2019\u044f\u0437\u043d\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f-600x336.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/12\/\u0421\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043a\u0443-\u0449\u043e-\u0432\u043e\u044e\u0454-\u0432-\u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0456-\u043d\u0430-\u0431\u043e\u0446\u0456-\u0442\u0435\u0440\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0456\u0432-\u0437\u0430\u0433\u0440\u043e\u0436\u0443\u0454-\u0432\u043e\u0441\u044c\u043c\u0438\u0440\u0456\u0447\u043d\u0435-\u0443\u0432\u2019\u044f\u0437\u043d\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f-600x336.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":336},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/slovak-fighting-in-war-in-ukraine-faces-8-year-imprisonment\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Slovak Fighting in War in Ukraine Faces 8 Year Imprisonment\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/\",\"name\":\"InformNapalm.org (English)\",\"description\":\"Latest News from Ukraine\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d9ac22904157eeb67f0b60921e87d8bf\",\"name\":\"vasgri\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5851afa9a0b73acb616f1433ce0c88213f283b6c8f0d65289e0763ccd1703343?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5851afa9a0b73acb616f1433ce0c88213f283b6c8f0d65289e0763ccd1703343?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"vasgri\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/author\/vasgri\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Slovak Fighting in War in Ukraine Faces 8 Year Imprisonment - InformNapalm.org (English)","description":"Mario R. is the first Slovak who is accused of participating in the war in Ukraine on the side of Russian terrorists. The accused will be tried in absentia because he still remains in the Donbas.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/slovak-fighting-in-war-in-ukraine-faces-8-year-imprisonment\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Slovak Fighting in War in Ukraine Faces 8 Year Imprisonment - InformNapalm.org (English)","og_description":"Mario R. is the first Slovak who is accused of participating in the war in Ukraine on the side of Russian terrorists. The accused will be tried in absentia because he still remains in the Donbas.","og_url":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/slovak-fighting-in-war-in-ukraine-faces-8-year-imprisonment\/","og_site_name":"InformNapalm.org (English)","article_published_time":"2018-12-09T20:16:02+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-12-21T09:04:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":336,"url":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/12\/\u0421\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043a\u0443-\u0449\u043e-\u0432\u043e\u044e\u0454-\u0432-\u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0456-\u043d\u0430-\u0431\u043e\u0446\u0456-\u0442\u0435\u0440\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0456\u0432-\u0437\u0430\u0433\u0440\u043e\u0436\u0443\u0454-\u0432\u043e\u0441\u044c\u043c\u0438\u0440\u0456\u0447\u043d\u0435-\u0443\u0432\u2019\u044f\u0437\u043d\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f-600x336.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"vasgri","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"vasgri","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/slovak-fighting-in-war-in-ukraine-faces-8-year-imprisonment\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/slovak-fighting-in-war-in-ukraine-faces-8-year-imprisonment\/"},"author":{"name":"vasgri","@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d9ac22904157eeb67f0b60921e87d8bf"},"headline":"Slovak Fighting in War in Ukraine Faces 8 Year Imprisonment","datePublished":"2018-12-09T20:16:02+00:00","dateModified":"2018-12-21T09:04:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/slovak-fighting-in-war-in-ukraine-faces-8-year-imprisonment\/"},"wordCount":315,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/slovak-fighting-in-war-in-ukraine-faces-8-year-imprisonment\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/12\/\u0421\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043a\u0443-\u0449\u043e-\u0432\u043e\u044e\u0454-\u0432-\u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0456-\u043d\u0430-\u0431\u043e\u0446\u0456-\u0442\u0435\u0440\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0456\u0432-\u0437\u0430\u0433\u0440\u043e\u0436\u0443\u0454-\u0432\u043e\u0441\u044c\u043c\u0438\u0440\u0456\u0447\u043d\u0435-\u0443\u0432\u2019\u044f\u0437\u043d\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f-600x336.jpg","keywords":["DNR","Slovakia"],"articleSection":["Donbas","News","World"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/slovak-fighting-in-war-in-ukraine-faces-8-year-imprisonment\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/slovak-fighting-in-war-in-ukraine-faces-8-year-imprisonment\/","url":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/slovak-fighting-in-war-in-ukraine-faces-8-year-imprisonment\/","name":"Slovak Fighting in War in Ukraine Faces 8 Year Imprisonment - InformNapalm.org (English)","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/slovak-fighting-in-war-in-ukraine-faces-8-year-imprisonment\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/slovak-fighting-in-war-in-ukraine-faces-8-year-imprisonment\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/12\/\u0421\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043a\u0443-\u0449\u043e-\u0432\u043e\u044e\u0454-\u0432-\u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0456-\u043d\u0430-\u0431\u043e\u0446\u0456-\u0442\u0435\u0440\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0456\u0432-\u0437\u0430\u0433\u0440\u043e\u0436\u0443\u0454-\u0432\u043e\u0441\u044c\u043c\u0438\u0440\u0456\u0447\u043d\u0435-\u0443\u0432\u2019\u044f\u0437\u043d\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f-600x336.jpg","datePublished":"2018-12-09T20:16:02+00:00","dateModified":"2018-12-21T09:04:09+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d9ac22904157eeb67f0b60921e87d8bf"},"description":"Mario R. is the first Slovak who is accused of participating in the war in Ukraine on the side of Russian terrorists. The accused will be tried in absentia because he still remains in the Donbas.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/slovak-fighting-in-war-in-ukraine-faces-8-year-imprisonment\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/slovak-fighting-in-war-in-ukraine-faces-8-year-imprisonment\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/slovak-fighting-in-war-in-ukraine-faces-8-year-imprisonment\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/12\/\u0421\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043a\u0443-\u0449\u043e-\u0432\u043e\u044e\u0454-\u0432-\u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0456-\u043d\u0430-\u0431\u043e\u0446\u0456-\u0442\u0435\u0440\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0456\u0432-\u0437\u0430\u0433\u0440\u043e\u0436\u0443\u0454-\u0432\u043e\u0441\u044c\u043c\u0438\u0440\u0456\u0447\u043d\u0435-\u0443\u0432\u2019\u044f\u0437\u043d\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f-600x336.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/12\/\u0421\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043a\u0443-\u0449\u043e-\u0432\u043e\u044e\u0454-\u0432-\u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0456-\u043d\u0430-\u0431\u043e\u0446\u0456-\u0442\u0435\u0440\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0456\u0432-\u0437\u0430\u0433\u0440\u043e\u0436\u0443\u0454-\u0432\u043e\u0441\u044c\u043c\u0438\u0440\u0456\u0447\u043d\u0435-\u0443\u0432\u2019\u044f\u0437\u043d\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f-600x336.jpg","width":600,"height":336},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/slovak-fighting-in-war-in-ukraine-faces-8-year-imprisonment\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Slovak Fighting in War in Ukraine Faces 8 Year Imprisonment"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/","name":"InformNapalm.org (English)","description":"Latest News from Ukraine","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d9ac22904157eeb67f0b60921e87d8bf","name":"vasgri","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5851afa9a0b73acb616f1433ce0c88213f283b6c8f0d65289e0763ccd1703343?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5851afa9a0b73acb616f1433ce0c88213f283b6c8f0d65289e0763ccd1703343?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"vasgri"},"url":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/author\/vasgri\/"}]}},"post_src":"<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mario R. is the first Slovak who is accused of participating in the war in Ukraine on the side of Russian terrorists. The accused will be tried in absentia because he still remains in the Donbas.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The investigator of the anti-terrorist unit of the National Criminal Bureau (NAKA) is accusing Mario R. of participating in an illegal organized armed unit on the territory of a foreign state. \"If the charges are proven, he will face 2 to 8 years in prison,\" said a representative of the Slovak police in the social media on Monday.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"This is the first case when a citizen of Slovakia faces charges for an active participation in fighting in the armed conflict in Ukraine against Ukrainian army,\" police adds.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>Since 2015<\/b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The parliament of Slovakia added a new article \"Participation in fighting as part of an organized armed unit on the territory of a foreign state\" to the Criminal code when it became known that a number of Slovaks had joined Russian terrorists in Eastern Ukraine. <\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"At least since July 2015, the accused Mario R. participated with weapons in organized armed units fighting on the side of pro-Russian separatists. He participated, and still actively participates, in armed hostilities, performed by organized armed units on the territory of a foreign state, in particular - in Donetsk Oblast of the Donbas region,\" said Slovakian police.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the Dennik N newspaper, Mario R. is a former skinhead from the town of Bansk\u00e1 Bystrica, who had previously been convicted for 7 crimes. When a journalist asked him, whether he shot anybody in Ukraine, he replied \"Just fascists\".<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At least 4 Slovak citizens have been involved in the war in the Donbas.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Original source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.novinky.cz\/zahranicni\/evropa\/488886-slovak-bojuje-na-ukrajine-na-strane-separatistu-hrozi-mu-za-to-osm-let-vezeni.html?source=FBS&amp;fbclid=IwAR1fRjKz9rydKgyvwrwiVM5I-vrcQOLTpJV_VLnFLtIjmGSJtNUOp0sex1s\">Novinky.cz\u00a0<\/a><\/span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Author: <\/span><b>Ivan Vil\u00ed\u010dek<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>Pr\u00e1vo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pravo.cz\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">http:\/\/www.pravo.cz\/<\/span><\/a><\/em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Translated to Ukrainian by Sviatoslav Shchihol<\/span><\/em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Translated to English: Maksym Sviezhentsev<\/span><\/em>\r\n\r\n<em>Edited by Max Alginin<\/em>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/08\/header2.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13389\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/08\/header2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"642\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a>","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14322"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14325,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14322\/revisions\/14325"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}