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                Lawyer for Russian Officer in Ukraine Found Dead

   by Associated Press

   A lawyer for one of two Russian servicemen on trial in Ukraine has been
   found shot to death, officials said on Friday.

   Yuri Grabovsky was representing Alexander Alexandrov, who was captured
   along with another Russian last year in rebel-held eastern Ukraine. The
   two men admitted they were Russian officers but Moscow said they had
   resigned from active duty. Russia has repeatedly denied it was
   supplying the separatists with equipment or recruits.

   The Ukrainian National Bar Association said in a statement Friday that
   Grabovsky, who was declared missing earlier this month, was found dead.
   The group said suspects have been detained.

   Hearings in the trial of the two Russians were adjourned in early March
   when Grabovsky did not show up in court

   Anatoly Matios, chief military prosecutor, told reporters on Friday
   that Grabovsky's body with a gunshot wound was found in the early hours
   on Friday buried south of the capital Kyiv after a suspect had told
   prosecutors about the location. Another suspect in the killing was
   detained later, he said.

   The prosecutor would not immediately identify the motive for the
   killing or reveal the names of the suspects.
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