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Ukraine: trials for collaboration with the Russians continue
In Ukraine, Russian collaborators are hunted down and arrested. Nadia Antonova is one of them, suspected of having helped house Russian soldiers. The mother, who faces life imprisonment, agreed to be filmed at her trial.
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In Ukraine, Russian collaborators are hunted down and arrested. Nadia Antonova is one of them, suspected of having helped house Russian soldiers. The mother, who faces life imprisonment, agreed to be filmed at her trial.
Nadia Antonova is accused of having collaborated with the Russians, she risks life in prison. Treason cases fill Ukrainian courts, there are more than 7,000 across the country. Nadia Antonova is on trial in Kharkiv, her trial resumes Monday April 8. Her loved ones came to support her. The town hall official has been in preventive detention for more than a year. She was accused by a resident of her village of having found houses to accommodate Russian soldiers.
Penalties increased by the State
“A woman accused me. I had been in conflict with her since 2019. She is a deputy mayor, she has family in the Ukrainian intelligence services”, testifies Nadia, who agreed to be filmed, from the dock. According to her, her accuser “does this to cover herself”. Ukraine has changed the law for cases of high treason. The sentences were considerably increased.
