Russia may be planning to use two Brit fighters sentenced to death as bargaining tools with Vladimir Putin pushing for a prisoner exchange to bring home a close friend, it is reported.
A Russian-backed court in Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) issued death sentences for Aiden Aslin, Shaun Pinner and Moroccan-born Brahim Saadoun on Thursday, according to Russian state media.
They had all pleaded guilty to "undergoing training with the aim of carrying out terrorist activities", the court was told.
