{"id":73440,"date":"2024-03-15T20:50:15","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T17:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/73440\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"ukrainian-woman-sentenced-to-nine-years-on-espionage-charge","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/73440\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian woman sentenced to nine years on espionage charge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>March 15, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The Homiel Regional Court has sentenced Ukrainian national Nataliya Zakharchenko to nine years in prison under a Criminal Code article against espionage, <em>Radyjo Svaboda<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.svaboda.org\/a\/32863322.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">reported<\/a>, citing unnamed sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The court also ruled that her minibus be confiscated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zakharchenko and her Belarusian friend \u0141arysa Krupa stood trial today. Krupa was fined 4,000 rubels (over $1,200) for &#8220;failure to report a crime,&#8221; the Viasna center reported. It named the Ukrainian as Zakharenko.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zakharchenko, a resident of Chernihiv, transported Ukrainian refugees, documents and medicines to the European Union and Belarus, Ukrainian media reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus supported Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, providing infrastructure, the launching ground and ammunition for the failed assault on Kyiv in February 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/tikhanouskaia-denkov-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/tikhanouskaia-denkov-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/tikhanouskaia-denkov-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/tikhanouskaia-denkov-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/tikhanouskaia-denkov-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/tikhanouskaia-denkov.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">No country is immune from dictatorship, Bulgarian premier tells Cichano\u016dskaja<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 5, Pozirk. &quot;Belarus is an example of how democratic rules can be violated in a highly developed European country, resulting in the establishment of a dictatorship that does not allow an opposition democratic movement to develop,&quot; Bulgarian Prime Minister &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/71241\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 15, Pozirk. The Homiel Regional Court has sentenced Ukrainian national Nataliya Zakharchenko to nine years in prison under a Criminal Code article against espionage, Radyjo Svaboda reported, citing unnamed sources. The court also ruled that her minibus be confiscated. Zakharchenko and her Belarusian friend \u0141arysa Krupa stood trial today. Krupa was fined 4,000 rubels [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":73487,"template":"","rubric":[14,30,13],"class_list":["post-73440","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ukrainian woman sentenced to nine years on espionage charge | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 15, Pozirk. 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