By KYIV. Nov 23 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Former Education Minister Dmytro Tabachnyk has been notified of suspicion of high treason, the Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) has reported.
The report of suspicion dated November 22 says: Tabachnyk coordinated the activities of the leaders of the occupation administrations of Kherson and Zaporizhia regions in the field of healthcare, education and preparations for holding pseudo-referendums.
Suspicion cites the dates of Tabachnyk’s contacts with the heads of the Russian occupation administrations of Kherson and Zaporizhia regions, Volodymyr Saldo and Yevhen Balytsky, as well as telephone numbers and details of such conversations.
In particular, on May 1, Tabachnyk facilitated the contact of collaborators with Deputy Minister of Health of the Russian Federation Andrei Plutinitsky to organize and establish processes in the field of healthcare in the temporarily occupied territories.
The ex-minister also prepared a draft document in the name of Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Marat Khusnullin entitled "Memorandum on the need to provide armed protection of life support facilities, primary institutions, medical institutions and polling stations in Zaporizhia and Kherson regions."
In addition, Tabachnyk reported to an employee of the 9th department of the department of operational information of the 5th service of the FSB of the Russian Federation about the incompetence of the "head of the Zaporizhia Administration" Balytsky in matters of creating a network of pharmacies in the occupied territory.
