Ukraine Charges Yalta School Director With Alleged Collaboration, Orders Two-Month Pretrial Detention

Overview

• The detainee was identified as Svetlana Turlakova, director of Yalta Secondary School No. 14, according to the school’s website.
• Ukrainian prosecutors said she faces charges under legislation on collaboration with occupying authorities.
• A court ordered custody for two months without bail after officials seized her Russian passport, electronic devices and means of communication.
• Crimea’s education ministry labeled the detention arbitrary and a gross violation of human rights.
• Yalta mayor Yanina Pavlenko described Turlakova as a long-serving educator visiting a sick mother and condemned Kyiv’s actions.