A verdict, which the Ukrainian court has pronounced against Russian citizens Yevgeny Yerofeyev and Alexander Alexandrov, will not affect their further employment, a source with knowledge of the situation told Interfax.

"This is a conviction not under the verdict of a Russian court, therefore, a box regarding the previous criminal record will be blank in the questionnaire, and they will be able to be employed for any job without any obstacles," he said.

Asked about the probability for the Russians pardoned by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to return to the army again, the source said: "In theory, they can, but practically, this will not happen most likely due to certain circumstances."

Yerofeyev and Alexandrov, who hade been captured in Donbas and later had been convicted by the Ukrainian court on the charge of terrorist activity, were freed on May 25 simultaneously with the release of Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko, who had been convicted in Russia for the killing of two Russian journalists.

"The Russians who returned to the homeland are young men, they have all before them, and, certainly, they will be able to find themselves in a new life," he said.

On Thursday, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said that he had not had the information as to whether Alexandrov and Yerofeyev would be awarded with state medals and would be able to join the service in the Armed Forces again, if they wanted to.