A native of Belarus was sentenced in absentia to 10 years for organizing a "referendum" in the Kherson region. 71-year-old Ludmila Grisevich participated in holding an illegal vote on the annexation of the region to Russia during the Russian occupation, Radio Savoda reports. In September 2022, a woman headed one of the district's election committees. After the vote, she signed a protocol according to which supposedly 87.05% of the residents supported joining Russia. For this work, according to the court materials, Grisevich received 40 thousand Russian rubles. At the exchange rate at the end of September 2022, it was almost $700. After Harson was released, the woman disappeared into the occupied territory. The verdict was given in his absence.

A native of Belarus was sentenced in absentia to 10 years for organizing a "referendum" in the Kherson region. 71-year-old Ludmila Grisevich participated in holding an illegal vote on the annexation of the region to Russia during the Russian occupation, Radio Savoda reports. In September 2022, a woman headed one of the district's election committees. After the vote, she signed a protocol according to which supposedly 87.05% of the residents supported joining Russia. For this work, according to the court materials, Grisevich received 40 thousand Russian rubles. At the exchange rate at the end of September 2022, it was almost $700. After Harson was released, the woman disappeared into the occupied territory. The verdict was given in his absence.