UPDATE BY LYUDMILA BENTLEY FROM JULY 8TH, 2026 (3/3)

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As a reminder, on June 9, 2026, eight lawyers of the convicts + four of the convicts themselves + my lawyer + I were at the appeal hearing during which the verdict from 08.12.2025 was read aloud, it underwent minor changes and went into effect from the time of its announcement based on Paragraph 2 of Article 390 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation. After that, it could only be reviewed by special, higher courts.

Now it’s been stated that the verdict has not gone into effect 😡 . Rather quickly, someone with an agenda scrambled, and a petition arrived from an enlistment eligibility center to send the convicts who killed Russell and stashed his body somewhere to the Special Military Operation. The criminal case was suspended quickly, although it shouldn’t have been suspended as the verdict was to take effect.

My take from all of this:

* The convicts are not going to bear any punishment.
* Accordingly, when a criminal is free without punishment, he can repeat the same thing with any person who comes to hand (“What’s the big deal? One killed someone → got arrested → back to the front, kills again → gets arrested again → back to the front,” right?).
* They are not giving me my husband's belongings 😭.
* After June 9, (2026), I already bothered people in Moscow and Donetsk about the viewing and the funeral, and now everything on hold 😭.
* They are not giving me the writ of execution.

Instead of focusing on fixing my damaged health and doing what I can for our Victory, all of my vital energy and my health are being wasted fighting for something that should have already ended legally. Could this be happening on purpose?