Russia’s FSB tortured 9 Kherson residents for months, fabricated terrorism case against them; 1 died in custody

The defendants in the “Kherson Nine” case were detained in the summer of 2022, when Kherson was still under Russian occupation. They were charged with plotting assassinations of collaborationist officials in the city. In January 2026, a Russian court sentenced them to between 14 and 20 years in pris