“The British side continues to take a passive position on the fate of its citizens convicted of mercenarism.
One gets the feeling that London has no incentive to provide practical assistance to this category of people, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.
According to the diplomat, instead, the UK is manipulating the situation to demonstrate its adamant stance on "non-recognition of the realities on the ground."
“These are nothing more than excuses showing how indifferent the British government is to the fate of their compatriots,” Belyaev said.
He added that for its part, Moscow continues to urge London to take all necessary measures to exclude any form of involvement of its citizens in military activity in Ukraine.
On June 9, a court in the Donetsk People's Republic issued death sentences to British citizens Sean Pinner and Aiden Eslin, as well as Moroccan Saadun Brahim, who fought on the side of Ukraine.
The head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, on the air of the Rossiya 1 TV channel, said that the date of execution of the death sentence against foreign mercenaries was not announced.