Brits on death row in Ukraine 'absolutely deserve to die', pro-Putin rebel leader says

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Putin rebel leader has said on Kremlin state TV that Brits banged up in Ukraine and Russian separatist states "absolutely deserve to die".

Denis Pushilin is the separatist leader who will ultimately determine the fate of British fighters including Sean Pinner, 48, and Aiden Aslin, 28, charged with fighting as “mercenaries” in eastern Ukraine and killing civilians, despite being part of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.Pushilin, head of the pro-Putin statelet known as the Donetsk People’s Republic [DPR], said that executions by shooting squad would not be carried out on live TV.READ MORE: Horror find as 20 bags full of human remains discovered in hidden graveWives and parents would have no right to know the fate of their loved ones, he indicated.He told Russian propagandist TV anchor Vladimir Solovyov: “Given the crimes that all those scoundrels [foreign fighters] have committed, there is a strong demand from people, from civil society, for the death penalty — which they absolutely deserve”..Frontman Solovyov stated: “In any case, it will not be public.“I mean the (executions)“All the procedures will be non-public from some point on.”Pushilin replied:” “Absolutely right, that's what the DPR legislation says.“Enforcement and the absence of any information on requests even from relatives are all stipulated by the DPR legislation concerning the execution of capital punishment.” And there is now a suspicion that the process will be pushed through ahead of an expected Putin bid to incorporate the DPR and neighbouring Luhansk Peoples Republic [LPR] into Russia after a “bogus referendum”.