James Scott Rhys Anderson was charged with terrorist and mercenary offences, and should serve the first five years of his sentence in prison with the rest in a penal colony, a court said.

James Scott Rhys Andersen, 22, was tried in Kursk, Russia, by the 2nd Western District Military Court for "committing particularly serious crimes in the Kursk region"

A Russian court has sentenced a 22-year-old British man to 19 years in jail after he was captured fighting for Ukraine. James Scott Rhys Anderson was charged with alleged terrorist offences in a trial which took place behind closed doors before the Russian court handed down the strict sentence this week.

James Scott Rhys Anderson was captured by Russian forces last year while fighting for Ukraine. A British man who fought for Ukraine has been jailed for 19 years by Russian authorities after he was found guilty of terrorism and mercenary charges.

Russia has sentenced British prisoner of war James Scott Rhys Anderson, 22, to 19 years in prison for fighting in Ukraine.

A British man accused by Russia of fighting for Ukraine has been jailed for 19 years by a Russian military court.James Scott Rhys Anderson was reportedly captured in Russia's Kursk region last November,

James Scott Rhys Anderson convicted of ‘mercenary activities’ and a ‘terrorist act’, court press service says.

A Russian court sentenced a British man to 19 years in prison on charges of terrorism and acting as a mercenary while fighting for Ukraine, authorities in southwestern Russia’s Kursk region said Wednesday.