Published November 08,2023
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Vladimir Saldo, the Russian-installed performing governor of the occupied Ukrainian area of Kherson, was sentenced in absentia to fifteen years in jail by a Ukrainian court docket on Wednesday.
The court docket in Odessa discovered Saldo responsible of excessive treason, collaboration with Russian occupiers and justifying Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Saldo’s belongings are additionally to be confiscated.
The judgement shouldn’t be but remaining and might be appealed, based on the court docket’s resolution that was revealed on-line.
Saldo was mayor of the town of Kherson between 2002 and 2012. He has been a key Kremlin-backed determine within the area of the identical identify because the begin of the all-out Russian invasion in February 2022.
After the occupation of Kherson, Saldo was appointed by Moscow as head of the Russian army administration there and subsequently as “acting governor” of the area.
Source: www.anews.com.tr