‘I’m Horrified’: Russia Sentences Traveler To 16 Years For Treason Over A $250 Transfer To A Ukrainian

In 2021, the year before Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Mikhail Loshchinin traveled to his native Russia by motorcycle, later returning to his home in western Europe without incident.

Last summer, he decided to do it again — this time to see his father , who had suffered a…