“My father wanted to take maximum risks” Alexander Demidenko from Belgorod helped Ukrainian refugees return home. He was accused of illegal possession of weapons, and six months later he was found dead in jail. Here's his son's interview

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“My father wanted to take maximum risks” Alexander Demidenko from Belgorod helped Ukrainian refugees return home. He was accused of illegal possession of weapons, and six months later he was found dead in jail. Here's his son's interview

Before the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, Alexander Demidenko from Belgorod sold school textbooks. And after the war started, he started helping Ukrainian refugees: he lodged some in his home for free, and helping those who wanted to return to Ukraine to cross the only working checkpoint between the two countries, the Kolotilovka checkpoint. Many elderly people with illnesses need help to overcome it. In the fall of 2023, Demidenko was …