Two "servants of Themis" to be tried for aiding the occupiers in Crimea

The Prosecutor's Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol sent to court indictments against two occupation judges who administer "justice" on the Russian-occupied peninsula. They face up to 15 years in prison.

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

The investigation established that in January 2024, the Ukrainian citizens agreed to work in the occupation judiciary. In particular, they voluntarily took up the positions of "judges" in the "Arbitration Court" and "Leninsky District Court" of Sevastopol. Sevastopol. In their positions, the defendants continue to administer "justice", but on behalf of and in the interests of the aggressor state, thereby contributing to the functioning of the occupation judicial system on the peninsula.

Earlier, three former judges from Crimea who had defected to the enemy were sentenced in absentia under public prosecution by the Prosecutor's Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol. They were sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment for treason.

Before that , five more occupation "servants of Themis" who administer "justice" on behalf of and in the interests of the aggressor state were convicted in absentia under public prosecution by the autonomy 's prosecutor's office. They were sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 12 to 14 years for committing high treason.

In addition, the autonomy's prosecutor's office sent indictments to court against nine former employees of the Crimean prosecutor's office. Their actions are qualified as high treason. 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 as "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.

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