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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