{"id":1313511,"date":"2025-10-29T17:07:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T15:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/time-to-appoint-the-guilty-the-kremlin-has-intensified-the-persecution-of-traitors-from-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T10:38:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T08:38:38","slug":"time-to-appoint-the-guilty-the-kremlin-has-intensified-the-persecution-of-traitors-from-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/time-to-appoint-the-guilty-the-kremlin-has-intensified-the-persecution-of-traitors-from-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Kremlin\u2019s Hunt for Traitors: Ukraine\u2019s Scapegoats in the Crosshairs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: Author’s Facebook<\/a> page<\/em><\/p>\n

Things are going so well in Russia that they seem to believe it\u2019s time to appoint \u201cextremists.\u201d Judging by recent trends in the information space, our traitors and collaborators have been hand-picked to fill that role.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Immediately after Montyan\u2014the Z-blogger who was included in the list of extremists for repeatedly discrediting the Russian army<\/em>\u2014former People\u2019s Deputy from the People\u2019s Party of Ukraine, Yevhen Balytskyi<\/strong>, a graduate of the Tambov Higher Military Aviation Engineering School and in 2022 the self-proclaimed \u201cgovernor\u201d of occupied Zaporizhia, found himself under fire.<\/p>\n

The Central Election Commission of Russia<\/strong> filed a complaint against Balytskyi with the prosecutor\u2019s office over the dismissal of a local election commission member and problems with salaries. After Balytskyi openly stated that the \u201cKurchany\u201d had failed to defend the \u201cMotherland\u201d during the Kursk special operation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, almost all Russian public channels pounced on him.<\/p>\n

It is worth noting that Pamfilova<\/strong> (head of the Russian CEC), various Telegram channels, and \u201cmilitary groups\u201d repeatedly emphasize that Balytskyi is from Ukraine<\/strong>, portraying this as the reason he supposedly disrespects Russians and Russian law. They highlight that he allegedly speaks Russian poorly<\/strong>, is accustomed to corruption and sabotage<\/strong>, and therefore cannot be trusted with state affairs. Montyan faces a similar narrative: \u201cThey harm Great Russia because they are Ukrainians,\u201d and, according to Russian rhetoric, such people should never be allowed anywhere near state administration or propaganda.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t