A panel of judges of Kyiv’s Sviatoshynsky District Court has sentenced (in absentia) a judge of the Crimea Appeals Court to a 12-year prison sentence with confiscation of property for high treason. The judge was appointed by Russia-controlled occupying authorities to serve on the “Supreme Court of the Republic of Crimea.”
The press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) of Ukraine said on Sept. 25 that the judge was charged under Part 1 of Article 111 of Ukraine’s Criminal Code (high treason).
“…It was established that the citizen of Ukraine, working at the designated (Crimea Appeals) court, from March 2014 through 2015 helped strengthen Russia-occupation authorities by directly taking part in the formation and functioning of agencies illegally created by Russia-occupation forces in illegally occupied Crimea. The accused acted as a representative of the Russia-occupied judiciary of the aggressor state (by decree of the Russian president from Dec. 19, 2014 No. 786), being appointed ‘judge of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Crimea,’ with the aim of blocking control of Crimea by Ukraine,” the press service said.
By such actions, assistance was rendered to Russia in conducting subversive activities against Ukraine, its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The panel of judges of the Sviatoshynsky District Court of Kyiv, “using the special procedure of judicial hearing,” found the judge guilty of committing treason and sentenced him to 12 years in jail with confiscation of property.
