A woman from the Kherson region was served with a notice of suspicion while attempting to leave the country

Law enforcement officials served a notice of suspicion to a 60-year-old resident of Novoraysk who, during the occupation of the village, headed a pseudo-election commission and organized a Russian “referendum.” She was detained in the Dnipropetrovsk region while attempting to leave the country.

This was reported by the Kherson Regional Prosecutor’s Office. 

Currently, the suspect has been placed in pretrial detention.

According to the investigation, in September 2022, during the occupation of the village, the woman collaborated with representatives of the occupying authorities. She became the secretary of an illegal precinct “election commission” and, in that capacity, participated in organizing and conducting the illegal “vote.”

According to the case file, the woman went door-to-door among local residents, accompanied by Russian military personnel, urging them to participate in the pseudo-referendum and facilitating the “voting” process using ballots and transparent ballot boxes bearing the symbols of the Russian Federation.

After the de-occupation, the detainee went into hiding. She planned to leave the country and had even purchased tickets for that purpose.

As Intent previously reported,the SBU exposed a collaborator in Kherson who, during the occupation, headed the seized regional library and promoted Russian propaganda. After the city’s liberation, he remained there, awaiting the return of the occupiers.

Юлія Калабайда