Russia has indicated it would be willing to consider a UK appeal over the fate of captured Nottinghamshire man Aiden Aslin who has been sentenced to death. A Kremlin spokesman said Moscow would be willing to listen to London regarding the cases of two Britons sentenced to death for fighting Russian forces in Ukraine, one of which being Aiden Aslin, who is originally from Newark.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said she will do “whatever is necessary” to secure the release of Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, saying on Tuesday the Government is “working flat out” to secure their release after their “sham” trial by a pro-Moscow proxy. But Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said neither Moscow nor the pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine who passed the sentence had heard from London on the issue.
“You need to apply… to the authorities of the country whose court passed the verdict, and that is not the Russian Federation,” Mr Peskov said in comments carried by the Associated Press. But, of course, everything will depend on appeals from London. And I am sure that the Russian side will be ready to listen.”
