The Kherson City Court in absentia found former entrepreneur Halyna Zarutska guilty of collaborationism; she had taken a job at the occupation employment center.
This is stated in the court’s verdict.
According to the investigation, during the occupation of the right-bank area of the Kherson region Zarutska lived in the settlement of Bilozerka. There she voluntarily agreed to work as the deputy director of the occupation employment center.
The fact of Zarutska’s cooperation with the illegal authorities was also confirmed by interviewed witnesses. One of the witnesses said she wanted to get a job at the employment center and wrote an application which was accepted by Halyna Zarutska.
The court in absentia found Zarutska guilty under part 5 of Article 111-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (collaborationist activity). She was sentenced to 9 years of imprisonment with confiscation of all her property.
It is known that from 2008 to 2016 Zarutska was registered as a sole proprietor (FOP) and engaged in retail trade.
It was previously reported that three residents of the Kherson region were notified in absentia of suspicion of collaborating with the occupation authorities. All of them worked at the correctional colony in Kherson before the full-scale invasion.