An indictment was sent to the court against the people's deputy of the VII, VIII, IX convocations from the banned party Opposition Platform — for the life of Alexander Ponomarev.
This was reported in the press center of the Office of the Prosecutor General and the State Bureau of Investigation, although they did not specify the name and surname of the people's deputy. The fact that we are talking specifically about Ponomarev is indicated by the circumstances of the case.
People's Deputy Ponomarev's case of treason
The former parliamentarian is accused of treason and collaboration (part 1 of article 111, part 2 of article 28, part 4 of article 111-1) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
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According to the investigation, on the first day of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, in February 2022, Ponomarev left Kyiv for Berdyansk, in Zaporozhye, where he went over to the enemy’s side. In occupied Berdyansk, the people's deputy began to restore the work of enterprises under his control, and also helped the Russian army in the occupation of the city.
As law enforcement officers who conducted the investigation indicate, enterprises associated with Ponomarev in occupied Berdyansk and Crimea sold products to enterprises from Russia. In addition, they were used to manufacture weapons and armored vehicles, which were ordered by the Russian military-industrial complex.
In addition, the people's deputy's business helped the enemy with the repair and construction of roads commissioned by the so-called Highway Service of the Republic of Crimea, owned by the occupation authorities of the Russian Federation.
In parallel with this, while the people’s deputy remained in the occupied territory, he met with representatives of the terrorist state of Russia, its army and Gauleiters.
As indicated by the SBI, Ponomarev subsequently entered into a commercial dispute with the Russian occupiers, which is why he returned to Kyiv, from where he coordinated the activities of enterprises re-registered in the temporarily occupied territory of the Zaporozhye region.
Ponomarev was detained in July 2023, when the SBU and the State Bureau of Investigation exposed the people’s deputy in collaboration with the Russian Federation. He was informed of suspicion of treason. During a search, correspondence with FSB officers was found on the deputy’s phone while he was in occupied Berdyansk.
