The SSU systemically exposes traitors and collaborators in the temporarily occupied territories of southern and eastern Ukraine.

As a result of operational and investigative activities, the SSU collected substantiated evidence proving the guilt of the head of the ‘Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Crimea and Sevastopol’ in crimes against Ukraine.

After the start of the full-scale invasion, the official publicly supported russia’s armed aggression and justified the war crimes of russian invaders.

Investigators established that in September 2022 the enemy accomplice had actively called on the Crimean Tatar population of the peninsula to help occupation troops and join their ranks.

To spread pro-kremlin propaganda, the mufti repeatedly appeared on major russian TV channels.

There, he regularly justified the seizure of the Ukrainian peninsula and criminal actions of the local occupation administration.

The collaborator ‘demonstratively’ condemns the Crimean Tatars who oppose the kremlin and fight for Ukraine.

For his ‘efforts’, the cleric has been awarded a medal and an order from the so-called ‘head of Crimea’ Aksyonov.

Based on the evidence collected by the SSU, the mufti was notified of suspicion under the two Articles of the CCU:

• 436-2.3 (justification, recognition as lawful, denial of russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine, glorification of its participants);
• 111-1.6 (collaboration).

The suspect is facing up to 12 years in prison.

The collaborator is currently in the temporarily occupied Crimea. However, the SSU is taking steps to bring him to justice.

The SSU carried out the investigation jointly with the National Police under the procedural supervision of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

According to Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is presumed innocent of a crime and cannot be subject to criminal punishment until their guilt is proven in line with the procedure defined by law and established by a relevant court’s verdict.