Two captains of russian ships received suspicion for illegal export of Ukrainian grain from occupied Crimea
Kyiv • UNN
Two russian ship captains were accused of illegally exporting stolen Ukrainian grain from the occupied territories through the Sevastopol port of Crimea.
Two captains of russian vessels were suspected of exporting grain from the occupied territories of Ukraine through Crimea. This was reported by UNN with reference to the Prosecutor's Office of Crimea and Sevastopol.
Details
According to the investigation, in 2023-January 2024, the captains of the Mikhail Nenashev and Zafar vessels, in violation of Ukrainian legislation and international maritime law, illegally entered and exited the Sevastopol Commercial Sea Port.
There, grain stolen by Russia in the occupied territories was loaded onto ships and then transported outside Ukraine.
Under the procedural supervision of the Prosecutor's Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol, two Russian citizens, captains of Russian vessels Mikhail Nenashev and Zafar, were served a notice of suspicion. They are charged with violation of the procedure for entering and leaving the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine with the intent to harm the interests of the state (Part 2 of Article 332-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). The sanction of the article provides for up to 5 years in prison
Addendum
The prosecutor's office emphasized that, realizing the illegality of their actions and intending to conceal them, the suspects periodically turned off the AIS system and entered fictitious information about the course of the vessels' sailing allegedly to the ports of Russia, Lebanon and Egypt.
It is noted that the captain of the vessel MIKHAIL NENAShev made at least 6 illegal voyages, the captain of the vessel ZAFAR made 2 voyages from/to the occupied territory of the peninsula.
Recall
The Center for National Resistance stated that in 2023 Russia exported 4.8 million tons of grain from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. It was collected at a fixed low price from local farmers and then sold at market price.