| Salvation Committee for Peace and Order | |
|---|---|
| Russian:Комитет спасения за мир и порядок Ukrainian:Комітет порятунку за мир та порядок | |
.svg) .svg) Coat of arms and flag designed by Russia for its occupational administration in Kherson Oblast | |
| Overview | |
| Established | 10 March 2022 |
| Country | Kherson Oblast |
| Leader | Kirill Stremousov[1] (until his death on 9 November 2022[2]) |
| Headquarters | Henichesk (2022–now) Kherson (2022) |
TheSalvation Committee for Peace and Order (Russian:Комитет спасения за мир и порядок,romanized: Komitet spaseniya za myr i poryadok;Ukrainian:Комітет порятунку за мир та порядок,romanized: Komitet poriatunku za myr ta poriadok) is thecollaborationist supreme administrative and executive authority in the territory of theKherson Oblast, formed by the constituent Assembly on 10 March 2022[3][1][4][5] following the capture of most of the oblast's territory byRussian troops in theRussian invasion of Ukraine.
The committee was later transformed into theKherson military-civilian administration.[6]
AfterUkraine took back control over the city of Kherson, the Committee fled toHenichesk on October 19, 2022.
After theRussian armycapturedKherson andoccupied most of the region amidst the2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, former mayor of Kherson,Volodymyr Saldo, the former deputy mayor for Social and Humanitarian Affairs Serhiy (Sergey) Cherevko, as well as the director of the news agencyTavria NewsKirill Stremousov, went to cooperate with Russia. As a result, on March 10, the "Salvation Committee for Peace and Order" was formed at the meeting, which declared its goal to 'maintain law and order in the territories of the region', as well as establishing trade, economic and socio-cultural ties with Russia.[1]
The President of the Committee Stremousov died in a car crash on 9 November 2022.[2][7] This left Saldo and the former mayor of the Russian city ofKrasnodar,Andrey Alekseyenko, in charge.
According toNezavisimaya Gazeta, the activities of the committee encountered constant resistance among the population, and a number of its members were killed by the Ukrainian secret serviceChief Directorate of Intelligence (GUR) orUkrainian partisans.[8]
So far, one of the most significant actions of the committee is the introduction of theRussian ruble on the territory of the Kherson Oblast.[9]
