Former deputy prosecutor of Sudak to be tried for defecting to Russia

The former deputy prosecutor of the city of Sudak in occupied Crimea will stand trial on charges of treason. According to investigators, after the occupation of the peninsula, he sided with Russia and took up senior positions in the illegally created occupation prosecutor's offices.

This was reported by the Prosecutor's Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol.

According to the agency, an indictment against the former Ukrainian prosecutor was sent to court. His actions were classified as high treason. The sanction of the article provides for up to 15 years in prison.

The investigation established that in 2014, after the occupation of Crimea began, the official violated his oath of allegiance to the Ukrainian people and joined the service of the aggressor state.

Later, he headed the "Prosecutor's Office of the Krasnogvardeisky District of the Republic of Crimea" illegally created by the occupation authorities, and in April 2019 became the so-called "Dzhankoy Interdistrict Prosecutor of the Republic of Crimea".

The prosecutor's office notes that while holding these positions, the accused contributed to the functioning of the occupation power system on the peninsula and ensured the implementation of Russian policy in the temporarily occupied Crimea.

In addition, a former division commander of the Sevastopol Naval Base will be brought to trial on suspicion of treason and desertion. According to the investigation, the officer refused to continue serving in the Armed Forces and continued to build a career in the troops of the aggressor country.

Also, at the end of April 2026, the court found two so-called "prosecutors" from the occupied Crimea guilty in absentia of treason. They were sentenced to 13 and 14 years in prison with confiscation of property. According to the investigation, after the occupation of the peninsula, the convicts remained in Crimea and began working in illegally created "prosecutor's offices".

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