10:43 06.03.2022

Assistant to MP suspected of sending information on Ukraine's defense capability to FSB

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An assistant-consultant to a parliamentarian of Ukraine has been notified that he is suspended of high treason, that is, of deliberate provision of assistance in carrying out subversive activities against the defense capability, state and economic security of Ukraine by a citizen of Ukraine to a representative of a foreign state (Part 1 of Article 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine), according to the Telegram channel of the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) on Saturday.

The message does not indicate the name of the MP and his party affiliation.

"From October 2014 to February 2022, the suspect collected and transmitted information about the defense capability, state, economic and information security of Ukraine to the FSB of the Russian Federation for money. He personally compiled analytical reports on the economic, state and social situation in Ukraine according to the model established by the curator of the intelligence services, relations between the political forces represented in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine," the PGO said.

In addition, the materials compiled by him related to the provision of economic and defense assistance to Ukraine by Western partners of Ukraine using analytical reports of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, which were provided at the request of the MPs of Ukraine.

For the entire period of his criminal activity, the suspect received about $80,000 from the FSB of the Russian Federation.

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