Iryna Horobtsova, a volunteer and civil activist from Kherson, abducted by the Russian military on May 13, 2022, was sentenced to 10 years and a half in the general security regime penal colony on the charge of espionage (RF CC Article 276). This was reported by the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office.
This verdict was passed by illegal “Kherson Regional Court”. The “public prosecution” in the criminal case was supported by illegal “Prosecutor’s Office of Republic of Crimea”.
The Russian Prosecutor’s Office informs: “It was established that from February 2022 to March 2022, Iryna Horobtsova collected information about the locations, times, routes and movements of the units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the RosGuard in the territory of the Kherson region, types of military equipment and weapons and passed them, referred to area maps and geographic coordinates, to an officer of the Main Intelligence Department of Ukraine. The sent data could be used to inflict fire damage on locations of deployment of the Russian Armed Forces”.
The hearings of the illegal “court” were held in camera, the case was classified, Ms. Horobtsova was represented by a lawyer appointed by Russia.
To remind: Iryna Horobtsova is a resident of Kherson, Senior QA at one of the leading IT companies in Ukraine. On May 13, she was abducted in Kherson.
After February 24, the woman volunteered in the city. In social networks, she published posts in support of Ukraine and the Armed Forces of Ukraine, openly condemned the Russian invasion and occupation of Kherson, collected funds for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and called for saving AZOVSTAL.
On May 13, two black ‘Z’ letter marked jeeps stopped at her house, and the armed men took Iryna with them. The parents addressed the RF FSB trying to find the daughter. With some time past, they got an answer: “This person is being held in Simferopol so there are no reasons for search. However, she has opposed the special operation. So, once the special operation has been completed, relevant actions will be taken against her.”
In October 2022 it became known that Iryna Horobtsova had been held in Simferopol Pre-Trial Detention Center No 1 at least since May 25, 2022.
