11:41 10.02.2016

Ukraine's chief military prosecutor signs notifications of suspicion of 50 more Crimean judges of treason

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Ukraine's chief military prosecutor signs notifications of suspicion of 50 more Crimean judges of treason

Ukraine's Deputy Prosecutor General and Chief Military Prosecutor Anatoliy Matios has signed notifications of suspicion for another 50 judges of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, who have betrayed the people of Ukraine, the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) said on its official Facebook account.

"The objective aspect of the crime they [50 Crimean judges] have committed is that they, as citizens of Ukraine; serving as judges; having an adequate level of education, expertise, and life experience to understand the fact of the Russian occupation of the territory of the Crimean Autonomous Republic, and the city of Sevastopol; being aware of ongoing subversion activities against Ukraine; ... being willing to help in carrying out these subversion activities against Ukraine and to personally contribute to the formation and operation of the Russian authorities in Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, including work of judiciaries; … in violation of the oath; starting form the temporary occupation of Crimea, around March 16, 2014, and until the present time have been administering justice on behalf of Russia, based on the Russian substantive and procedural law, as judges of the illegally established judiciaries on the temporary occupied territory of Ukraine, using their book knowledge and practical skills gained in Ukraine," the PGO's statement said.

The work to gather evidence against judges continues, however, the major share of evidence lies within the temporary occupied territory of Crimea, the PGO added.

The prosecutor general's statement also recalled that relevant units of Ukraine's PGO investigate crimes under Part 1 of the Article 111 of Ukraine's Criminal Code (high treason), committed by judges of Crimea and Sevastopol. The punishment under the mentioned article foresees 12 to 15 years of imprisonment with confiscation of assets.

Earlier, in May 2015, Matios signed notifications of suspicion of high treason for 276 judges on the basis of the collected evidence.

The PGO's statement also provides a list of names of all 50 Crimean judges, suspects of high treason.

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