The SBI sent to the court the case against the high treason of the members of a criminal organization, which included the People's Deputies of Ukraine and the Former Prosecutor

The employees of the SBI have sent to the court the indictment against the current and the Former People's Deputies of Ukraine, the Former Prosecutor, as well as the Deputy Chief of the main department of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the russian federation and his assistant. They are accused of high treason and of inducing to commit high treason, committed as part of a criminal organization.

The SBI, together with the Security Service of Ukraine, have exposed this criminal organization in November 2023. It included the current and the Former People's Deputies of Ukraine, as well as the Former Prosecutor.

It was established that by the direction of the russian special services, they organized measures to discredit the reputation of Ukraine on the international area in order to spoil diplomatic relations with the United States of America and complicate Ukraine's accession to the European Union and NATO.

At that time, the current People's Deputy of Ukraine, who carried out information and subversive activities in favor of the russian federation, was served notification of suspicion of high treason and participation in the criminal organization. He is currently in custody. His parliamentary counterpart, now stripped of his mandate, was also served notification of suspicion of participating in the criminal organization.

In particular, they organized various media events where they were spreading fakes about the Ukrainian authorities and their Western partners.

The investigation found, that it was a well-planned special operation of the russian special services, which was intended to discredit Ukrainian-American relations and to slow down the integration processes of Ukraine's entry into the EU and NATO.

The Former Prosecutor also participated in such events. He publicly "substantiated" their fakes from the legal point of view

It was established, that they acted on the clear instructions of the russian special services. The People’s Deputies of Ukraine entered the criminal organization created by the first deputy chief of the main directorate of the general staff of the armed forces of the russian federation (better known as the Main Directorate of Intelligence) Vladimir Alekseev and his assistant Alexei Savin. The organization had a clear hierarchical structure and a detailed division of responsibilities. The project was financed by russian special services, the money was transferred to Ukraine through the assistant of the Former People's Deputy of Ukraine. According to preliminary estimates, the russian special services spent at least 10 million US dollars on this organization. But also the People’s Deputies of Ukraine repeatedly travelled to russia to meet with their curators.

The Former People's Deputy in 2022 was already served notification of suspicion of high treason by NABU. By the way, in September 2024, he became a senator in the russian council of federations from the Astrakhan region of russia.

In November 2023 he was also served notification of suspicion of participation in the criminal organization.

During the investigation, the documents that confirm the trips of the current People's Deputy of Ukraine to russia, namely to Moscow and St. Petersburg, were also studied. He probably went to meet with russian "curators" as well in October 2019, before a scandalous press conference. According to the idea of russian curators, as a professional "media killer", he had to place the necessary accents, primarily targeting the Western audience.

A comprehensive forensic psychological and linguistic expertise revealed in the speeches of the People`s Deputy of Ukraine at the press conference statements aimed at undermining the defense capability, harming the state and economic security of Ukraine.

In addition, these People’s Deputies of Ukraine registered draft resolutions in the Parliament of Ukraine on the formation of a temporary investigative commission of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to investigate the "facts" that they had exposed at their press conferences.

Also, the SBI, within the framework of criminal proceeding, examines the fact that the family of the current People`s Deputy of Ukraine acquired real estate in Spain for russian money. In particular, it comes to buying two apartments in Barcelona for 288 thousand and 100 thousand euros. The apartments were purchased by the civil wife of the People`s Deputy of Ukraine and his mother. Moreover, all these years the source of income of his mother was only the Ukrainian pension.

Most of the funds for the purchases of the apartments in Spain, women received on their russian bank accounts. The money was transferred by two citizens of the russian federation, who are most likely associated with the russian special services, and one of them even had worked in the putins`s administration.

The current People`s Deputy of Ukraine and the Former prosecutor are accused of high treason as part of the criminal organization (Part 1 of Article 111 and Part 1 of Article 255 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). The Former People`s Deputy of Ukraine is accused under Part 1 of Article 255 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

The First Deputy Chief of the main department of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the russian federation and his assistant are accused in the creation of the criminal organization and in inducement to high treason.

The sanction of the Articles provides for imprisonment for up to 15 years with confiscation of property.

Procedural guidance is provided by the Office of the Prosecutor General.