Created a network of torture chambers on the left bank of the Kherson region: the chief prison guard of the Russian Federation, Gostyev, was convicted in absentia, – SBU. PHOTO

06/19/25 6:39 PM 796 4

Arkady Gostev, the director of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation, was sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison.

This was reported by the Security Service of Ukraine, Censor.NET reports .

As noted, the Russian general organized a network of prison camps in the temporarily occupied left-bank Kherson region. It was on his orders that the Russians converted the captured penitentiary institutions in the region into torture chambers, where they imprison members of the resistance movement. Behind the walls, the victims are subjected to brutal torture, through which they try to break down resistance to the Kremlin regime.

It was established that the official personally coordinated the construction of prison facilities in the temporarily occupied part of the region. He subsequently included them in the general register of prisons in Russia and made the appropriate decision through the Russian Ministry of Justice.

Based on the evidence collected, the court found Gostyev guilty under Part 1 of Article 109 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (actions aimed at forcibly changing or overthrowing the constitutional order or seizing state power). Since the perpetrator is on the territory of the aggressor country, comprehensive measures are underway to bring him to justice for crimes against our state.

Author:  Natalia Dzhuma

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