Russia parades Brit prisoner of war on state TV as he faces 30 years in hellhole gulag

James Scott Rhys Anderson appeared to person been coached successful what to accidental arsenic helium told the Readovka propaganda outlet his household apt doesn't cognize helium is successful Russia

Russia paraded a British captive of warfare connected Vladimir Putin’s state-controlled media arsenic helium is threatened with up to 30 years successful a hellhole penal colony.

James Scott Rhys Anderson, 22, from Banbury, was seen bent treble by an equipped defender arsenic helium was hauled from his detention compartment to look interrogation by the despot’s propagandists. He appeared to person been coached successful what was acceptable to accidental arsenic the state arsenic officials besides paraded the anonymous Black Sea Marines commandant who captured Anderson.

The British antheral - formerly successful the UK service - was held by Russian forces past play warring for Ukraine. He claimed that Ukrainian forces sought to termination him to halt him from falling into Moscow’s hands. He made wide helium has been told to expect a jailhouse condemnation of betwixt 20 and 30 years erstwhile his lawsuit comes to court, arsenic his household person expressed fears helium could beryllium tortured.

He is accused of terrorism, and of being a mercenary, invading Russia, and committing transgression acts against the civilian population. He said: "I deliberation my aboriginal is I walk a batch of clip here…in Russia. I'm not definite erstwhile I'll ever spell home. It could beryllium that if I were lucky, my authorities would help.

“But truthfully, it's going to be…20 to 30 years I'm going to walk successful Russia due to the fact that I decided it was a bully thought to assistance Ukraine.” He told however helium ignored his household erstwhile they told him not to instrumentality to Ukraine. He told the state-funded Readovka propaganda outlet: "All the clip erstwhile I'm successful my cell, I'm ever reasoning astir however my mum and dada said ‘Don't spell back, don't spell back’. I wish, I privation I ne'er did.”

He said of his family: “They knew that I was successful Ukraine. I don't cognize if they cognize wherever I americium now.” He told pro-Putin Izvestia that helium was paid $400 US dollars a period (£315) arsenic a mercenary warring for Ukraine, with $60 a time (£47) erstwhile helium went connected missions. Anderson told authorities quality bureau RIA Novosti that it was incorrect for Ukraine, backed by the West, to invade Russia’s Kursk region, wherever helium surrendered.

He said: "We shouldn’t beryllium present - the Russians truly don’t privation america here. They person a batch much weapons, and a batch much manpower. They volition bash everything to get you out. If you’re lucky, you’re captured, but you’re going to walk 20 oregon 30 years successful a Russian prison, which itself is not nice. So those are your options.

"You're going to beryllium determination for a mates of weeks if you bash negociate to past the full clip there. It’s not worthy it."