24 February 2025

Former Odesa Deputy Igor Dimitriev Faces Charges of High Treason.

(Photo: Odesa Regional Prosecutor's Office)

A former deputy of the Odesa City Council from the pro-Russian party Rodina was served with a notice of suspicion on the fact of high treason and war propaganda. It is Igor Dimitriev.

This was reported by the Odesa Regional Prosecutor's Office.

According to the investigation, after fleeing to Russia in 2014, the man actively assisted the aggressor country. On the day of the full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022, the former MP joined the Russian troops in the temporarily occupied Kyiv region, helping the occupiers to navigate the terrain.

Photo: Odesa Regional Prosecutor's Office.

He also spread Kremlin propaganda, calling on the Ukrainian military to lay down their arms and justifying Russian aggression. On his Telegram channel, he spread disinformation and propaganda materials, and publicly admitted to collaborating with the occupiers in an interview with a Russian YouTube blogger.

The collaborator is currently wanted and faces criminal liability for high treason and war propaganda.

The prosecutor's office did not name the accused, but judging by the published photos, it is a former Odesa deputy Igor Dimitriev.

Recently, the prosecutor's office submitted to the court an indictment against Inessa, the wife of former MP from Odesa , Igor Markov. She was accused of high treason. The accused's property, including elite residential real estate and a land plot in Odesa, has already been seized and transferred to the management of the ARMA.

Meanwhile, the Security Service has collected new evidence of the guilt of former MP Ihor Markov, who assisted Russia in waging an aggressive war against Ukraine.

Earlier, in June 2022, law enforcement officers served Markov with a notice of suspicion of collaboration.

Ірина Глухова

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