The so-called Prosecutor’s Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, created in Ukraine, decided to condemn Vice Admiral, Deputy Commander of the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy Denis Berezovsky in absentia, sending an indictment to the court. This is stated in the corresponding statement in Facebook…
Berezovsky, whose name is not indicated in the statement, is being charged with high treason, as well as the creation and leadership of a criminal organization.
The materials say that on March 1, 2014, Alexander Turchinov, who at that time was acting as President of Ukraine, appointed the current deputy head of the Russian Federation to the post of commander of the country’s Navy.
However, immediately after his appointment, he “publicly spoke to the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and representatives of the media,” stating that he refused to comply with any decisions, orders and orders of Kiev.
According to the prosecutor’s office, by such actions and decisions, Berezovsky contributed to “the conduct of subversive activities against Ukraine.”
In March 2014, a significant part of the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine deployed in Crimea, including the military leaders, went over to the side of the authorities of the peninsula, and then of Russia.
On March 1, 2014, Berezovsky was appointed Commander of the Ukrainian Navy. The day after his appointment, he went over to the side of the pro-Russian forces of Crimea and became the commander of the newly created Navy of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
Thus, Berezovsky refused to follow orders from Ukraine, where opponents of former President Viktor Yanukovych, who fled the country, ended up in power. In total, in the first days of March, more than three thousand Ukrainian soldiers swore allegiance to the “people of Crimea”.
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swore allegiance to the “people of Crimea” on March 3, 2014
On March 24, 2014, by order of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, he became acting deputy commander of the Black Sea Fleet. In April, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree according to which the former Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Navy, Denis Berezovsky, was approved as Deputy Commander of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy.
After going over to the side of the pro-Russian forces of Crimea, the General Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine opened a criminal case against Berezovsky. The case was initiated under Article 111 of the Criminal Code (“high treason”). He was removed from office by order of Turchinov.
In March 2016, the chief military prosecutor of Ukraine, Anatoly Matios, announced that two former defense ministers of the country, Mikhail Yezhel and Pavel Lebedev, were on the wanted list. In addition, the former Chief of the General Staff and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) Yuriy Ilyin, Commander of the Naval Forces (Navy) Denis Berezovsky, Deputy Commanders of the Navy Dmitry Shakura and Sergei Eliseev were put on the wanted list. They were charged with desertion.
Crimea became part of Russia in March 2014 after a referendum in which the overwhelming majority of those who voted in the region supported such a decision. Ukraine, the EU countries and the United States refused to recognize the results of the vote, calling the reunification of the peninsula with mainland Russia an annexation. The Russian authorities reject these charges and insist that the accession procedure was in accordance with international law.
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