Prosecutor General: Occupation authorities fined Crimean residents who opposed the war up to more than 12 million rubles

Political persecution of those who don’t support the war is taking place in the temporarily occupied Crimea. Since March 2022, the occupation authorities have brought at least 370 who were prosecuted for the so-called discrediting of the Russian army.

Andriy Kostin, Prosecutor General of Ukraine, made the relevant announcement during the eve of the Third Summit of the International Crimea Platform.

The Prosecutor General emphasized that Ukraine is recording the crimes of the occupiers that they committed before the full-scale invasion and have been committing since February 24, 2022.

Andriy Kostin emphasized that preliminary investigations are currently underway in 69 criminal proceedings into 72 offenses under Article 438 of the Criminal Code committed after the full-scale invasion.

“During this period, directives of reasonable suspicion of criminal activity were issued to 9 people in absentia, 14 indictments were presented to the court, and five guilty verdicts were delivered as a result of a special trial against six people, which have now entered into force,” the Prosecutor General added.