The regional administration said that Ekaterina Gubareva, former deputy head of the government of the Kherson region, moved to work “in another region of Russia.”
“The work of E. Yu Gubareva as part of the government of the Kherson region has been completed. Its powers have been temporarily transferred to other members of the government.
TASS, Gubareva herself said that her new business activity will be associated with digitalization.
“Moscow is the realm of digitization,” he said, without specifying the exact location.
At the end of November, a new head of government was appointed in the Kherson region. Andrey Alekseenko, who previously headed the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kharkiv region, took up this post.
Gubareva joined the government at an early stage of the region’s integration into Russia.
“Under the leadership of Ekaterina Gubareva, the database of recipients of social benefits, destroyed by the Ukrainian authorities in the spring of 2022, was reconstructed. The government personnel of the Kherson region wish Ekaterina Yuryevna success in her new job, ”said the staff.
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Gubareva oversaw digitalization and social policy issues in the administration of the Kherson region. The TASS agency also claimed that Gubareva left the region after the referendum on September 30, citing a representative of the regional government. According to TASS, he ceased to fulfill his duties and participate in the work of the government, remaining only officially as deputy governor.
Gubareva’s husband, Pavel, explained that the official was “shocked by a HIMARS missile that came under Kherson administration and is undergoing treatment.”
On November 16, he reported that his wife had disappeared. Later, TASS and RT claimed that Gubareva was detained in a criminal case related to an economic crime. According to the Telegram channel “Attention, news” we can talk about the allocation of budget money in the amount of 60 million rubles.
“At least 60 million, I think more. They decided to shut it down, tried to negotiate. He even came to Moscow, ”the Telegram channel wrote, citing a source from the regional government.
According to her, Gubareva was dismissed, after which she went to Moscow and tried to change jobs, but was eventually detained.
On November 18, Pavel Gubarev announced wife released “in agreement with investigation”. He did not disclose the details of the deal and the charges against the official, but cautioned that he reserves the right to “tell things as they are” if his name is “systemically discredited”. Without fear of gold embroidered epaulettes.
On December 13, a TASS source reported that Gubareva was under house arrest. “While she was on the list, she was not dismissed under the house. [арестом] found,” said the source.
Gubareva herself stated that she was not under house arrest. “I officially declare that I am in good health and free. No one accused me of embezzlement, ”she wrote on Telegram.
The husband of the vice-president of the Kherson region government also denied that he was under house arrest.
“Lies. The fabricated case against him failed,” he said, and promised to present the full story of the criminal case against his wife “with names and authorities.” According to Gubarev, his wife refused further work in the government of the Kherson region.
However, later Pavel Gubarev changed his mind. “There will be no clear story, I’m sorry,” he wrote on his Telegram channel, explaining it with a “self-preservation instinct”.
Gubareva took the post of deputy head of the government of the Kherson region in June 2022. Before that, she was a member of parliament of the DPR and deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the republic. In October, Ukraine’s Security Service accused him of “complicity with the aggressor state” and “collaboration activities”.