Important though dubious judgement on homophobic crime by Ukrainian court
The offenders were sentenced to imprisonment for 2 years under Part 2 of Art. 296 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (hooliganism committed by a group of persons) with exemption from serving the sentence with a probationary period of 1 year and taking into account the circumstance that aggravates the punishment in accordance with Art. 67 of the CCU. Also, the court partially satisfied the victim's civil claim and awarded him moral damages in the amount of UAH 60,000.