Kherson RSA official worked for the enemy

On November 10, 2025, the Kherson Court of Appeal upheld the sentence imposed on Dmytro Tokarev-Talibov for collaboration. He will spend six years in prison for his work in a managerial position in the occupation "Kherson Region Water Resources Basin Administration". The court decision on imprisonment and confiscation of property is final and has entered into force.

This became known from the relevant court verdict.

Appeals were filed by both the prosecutor of the Skadovsk District Prosecutor's Office, who asked for an increase in the term to ten years, and the defendant's lawyer, who demanded a full acquittal. The judges rejected both demands, but made a key clarification to the additional punishment: after serving the main term, Tokarev-Talibov will be deprived of the right to hold positions in government bodies related to the performance of organizational, administrative and economic functions for ten years.

According to the case file, the Kherson resident, who worked as the head of the civil defense planning department at the Kherson Regional State Administration before the full-scale invasion, voluntarily took the position of head of the legal support department at the occupation enterprise 'Kherson Oblast Water Resources Basin Administration' (BUWR) in the summer of 2022, receiving a salary of 100 thousand Russian rubles.

In the courts of both instances, Tokarev-Talibov pleaded not guilty, explaining his decision not to leave by the lack of safe corridors and the illness of his elderly parents and child, and asserted that he did not know about the registration of BUVR under Russian law.

The Court of Appeal once again recognized his actions as voluntary, finding no circumstances that would mitigate or aggravate the punishment. The court's verdict came into force. With the pre-trial detention period starting on July 25, 2023, Tokarev-Talibov is expected to be released in 2029.

Катерина Глушко