High treason: cases of Crimean prosecutors sent to court

Nine more ex-prosecutors from Crimea will be tried for treason

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

The post says that the autonomy's prosecutor's office has sent indictments to court against nine former employees of the Crimean prosecutor's office. Their actions are classified as high treason (Part 1 of Article 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). The sanction of the article provides for up to 15 years in prison.

The investigation established that after the occupation of the peninsula, the defendants betrayed their oath of allegiance to the Ukrainian people and joined the enemy. In particular, two of them took up positions of "senior department prosecutors" in the occupation prosecutor's office of the Republic of Crimea. Three more became "deputy prosecutors" of the cities of Alushta, Yevpatoria and the Saki Interdistrict Prosecutor's Office. Other defendants were appointed "senior assistant prosecutors" in the prosecutor's offices of Yalta, Krasnoperekopsk interdistrict, Kyiv district of Simferopol and the Black Sea district of the Republic of Crimea. By their actions, the defendants ensured the establishment and functioning of the occupation prosecutor's offices on the peninsula, as well as assisted the aggressor state and its representatives in conducting subversive activities against Ukraine.

The special pre-trial investigation was carried out by the Second Investigation Department (based in Kherson) of the Territorial Department of the State Bureau of Investigation located in Melitopol.

Earlier it was reported that an occupation official from Crimea would be tried for treason and collaboration. The investigation found that before the occupation of the peninsula, the citizen of Ukraine held the position of First Deputy Head of the Territorial Department of the State Committee of Ukraine for Industrial Safety, Labor Protection and Mining Control in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol.

It was also reported that three judges from Crimea were sentenced for treason.

Володимир Шкаєв