< img src = "/uploads/blogs/fa/d3/ib-freebfivml_927db16a.jpg" Alt = "The wife of a convicted Kherson propagandist received 12 years of prison in absentia"/~ 62 < p > April 4, the Kherson City Court sentenced the prosecutor to the wife of a pro -Russian propagandist from Kherson Gennady Shelestenko & ndash; Olena Shelestenko.
< P > The sentence was published on the website of the Unified State Register of Judgments. < p >The investigation proved that in June 2022, Elena Shelestenko began to cooperate with the occupying authorities. In particular, she published on Facebook Interview & Rsquo; Yu former occupation Rector of KSU Tatiana Tomilina, which she gave Russian propagandists. ~ ~ > < p > she also expressed pro -Russian ideas in Interview & Rsquo; Yu, which she gave at the journalistic forum & ldquo; all Russia & RDQUO; and published on social networks materials about the alleged humanitarian mission of the party & ldquo; only Russia & RDQUO; in the occupied territories of the Kherson region.< P > In addition, the investigation found that Shelestenko supported the Russian Federation on the website of the Russian information agency & ldquo; Bashinform & Rdquo;.
~ ~ ~ > 62 > 62 ~ 62 < p > for this it was found guilty of Part 6 of Art. 111-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (collaborative activity) and under Part 3 of Article 436-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (justification of armed aggression against Ukraine) awarding 12 years imprisonment with confiscation of property.< P > It is known that during the occupation of Kherson Olena Shelestenko became the occupation deputy of the head of the Department of Journalism and Media Communications of Kherson State University.
~ ~ < p > in September 2022 it was admitted to the Union of Journalists of the Russian Federation. Currently, the occupation media represents it as an employee of the Kherson Art Museum, which the occupiers were registered in the Russian Federation. < p > in December Shelestenko was informed of suspicion of information activity in favor of Russia and collaboration. A few months before, her husband Gennady Shelestenko was suspected in collaboration. Last year, he was awarded 10 years in & Rsquo; Visnits.