Six Crimean Collaborators Convicted of Treason, Sentenced to Up to 8 Years

Six more so-called "officials" of the occupation authorities from Crimea were convicted of collaboration. They received sentences of 6 to 8 years.

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

Prosecutors proved that in 2022-2023, these individuals voluntarily agreed to work in the occupation structures created by the Russian Federation on the peninsula. They took up senior positions in local "administrations", effectively becoming part of the Russian governance system in the temporarily occupied Crimea.

In particular, four of them were appointed "first deputies" or "deputy heads of administrations" of the cities of Feodosia, Yalta and Yevpatoria. Two more headed the occupation administrations in Krasnoperekopsk and Chornomorsk districts.

The prosecutor's office believes that in their "positions" the convicts actively contributed to the implementation of the policy of the aggressor state, ensured the work of illegally created local governments and strengthened the presence of the occupation regime on the peninsula.

The court found them guilty under Part 5 of Article 111-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, which refers to the voluntary occupation by a citizen of Ukraine of a position related to the performance of organizational, administrative or administrative and economic functions. The penalty is 6 to 8 years in prison with an additional ban on holding public office for a period of 10 to 13 years.

This is not the first case of sentencing collaborators from Crimea in absentia - the Crimean prosecutor's office is systematically working to bring to justice all those who assist the aggressor.

Earlier, Intent wrote that a former deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea was sentenced in absentia to 15 years in prison for treason and facilitating the violation of the territorial integrity of Ukraine.

In addition, Ukrainian special services collected evidence against a former official who, after the annexation of Crimea, became a minister and forced local residents to pay taxes to the Russian budget. According to the investigation, until 2014, he worked for the State Tax Service of Ukraine, but after the occupation of the region, he voluntarily sided with the occupiers.

Ірина Глухова