This was reported by RT correspondent Igor Zhdanov, citing sources.

“According to my sources, Dmitry Gnatenko, who passed information about the movement of troops to Ukraine, just found out that he will spend 12 years behind bars,” Zhdanov said in his Telegram channel.

Also, this information was confirmed to RIA Novosti by a representative of the Center for Public Relations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the LPR.

“On September 29 of this year, citizen Gnatenko Dmitry Viktorovich, born in 1994, was sentenced by the Supreme Court of the LPR to 12 years in prison,” he said.

Earlier, the Supreme Court of the Lugansk People's Republic sentenced OSCE employee Dmitry Shabanov to 13 years in prison for high treason.