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The Supreme Court of the separatist Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) has sentenced to death three foreign fighters in the ranks of the Ukrainian armed forces as mercenaries. The death penalty is imposed for "all crimes combined", the verdict said, according to Russia's Tass news agency. The defendants are two Britons and a Moroccan. They can still appeal against the verdict within a month. Russian media also reported that the three men have the option of petitioning the leadership of the pro-Russian separatist republic for clemency. If this is accepted, the death sentence could be commuted to life imprisonment or 25 years in a penal colony, they said.