The mayor of the city of Kherson, Igor Kolyjayev, has been arrested by Russian forces for refusing to collaborate, denounced this Tuesday his adviser, Galina Lyashevskaya, who said he feared for the life of the alderman.
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He explained that the arrest occurred this morning upon arrival at one of the municipal institutions in which the remaining employees of the executive committee of the city, controlled by the Russians, work.
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“As soon as I got out of the car, he was immediately detained by armed Russian National Guardsmen and, most likely, by the FSB“, the Federal Security Service (former KGB) said, quoted by the Unian agency.
Russian agents confiscated hard drives and computers, opened all safes and searched for documents, while Kolyjayev remained handcuffed in a separate office and watched by armed guards. After the search, the mayor was put on a bus and taken away, he said.
❌ In #Khersonthe invaders kidnapped Mayor Ihor Kolykhaiev, said the adviser Galina Lyashevskaya
In April, Kolykhaiev said he remained in the city but refused to cooperate with the occupation “administration” which was set up by the #Russian military. pic.twitter.com/XPl52WRAXA
— Ukraine info (@ukraine_insight) June 28, 2022
“I am sure that Kolyjayev’s arrest is related to his refusal to cooperate with the occupation authorities. A few days ago, Kolyjayev received a letter from the ‘newly appointed’ mayor, inviting him to discuss the future ‘organization of the cooperation’.
He threatened to arrest him if he refused to meet. Kolyjayev did not go, “explained his adviser. Already in April, Kolyjayev had reported that he was staying in the city, but that he refused to cooperate with the Russians.
EFE
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