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Assistant to Kherson puppet governor gets 5 years in prison for calling for return to Soviet Union

VALENTINA ROMANENKO — SATURDAY, JULY 16, 2022, 12:03

The Security Service of Ukraine announced that an aide to the head of the occupation “administration” of Kherson, who called for the restoration of the Soviet Union, has been sentenced to 5 years in prison.

Source: Artem Dekhtyarenko, representative of the Security Service of Ukraine

Quote: “An associate of the pro-Kremlin propagandist Kiril Stremousov, who is a member of the leadership of the occupation “administration” of Kherson, was sentenced to 5 years in prison.

The offender coordinated the information and subversive activities of an agent network created by his associate in support of the special services of the Russian Federation.

According to the Security Service of Ukraine, while in the Carpathian region, she spread slogans in support of the invaders via the Internet and actively distributed messages calling for the restoration of the Soviet Union.

For maximum coverage, the woman administers anonymous accounts on several types of social media, including some that are banned in Ukraine. She used various aliases and communicated with her handler through closed communication channels.

According to Dekhtyarenko, her publications were actively reposted by other members of the propaganda network to carry out informational sabotage against Ukraine.

Security service officers located the offender and detained her in Ivano-Frankivsk. During searches, a Russian passport and computer equipment with evidence of illegal activity were found in her possession.

It is also noted that since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, the Security Service of Ukraine has investigated more than 300 criminal proceedings related to cases of justifying Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and promoting occupation groups.

For details on other discoveries made by the special service, see the video.