The SBI, together with the Security Service of Ukraine, conducted searches in 15 companies controlled by suspected high treason offender Volodymyr Sivkovych
The SBI agents together with the SSU conducted searches in companies controlled by Volodymyr Sivkovych, a former Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council suspected of high treason.
In Kyiv and the region, law enforcement officers, under the procedural guidance of the Prosecutor General's Office, conducted thirty searches in fifteen companies involved in the vehicle trade, real estate and financial services, etc.
Volodymyr Sivkovych is suspected of treason and espionage. After the Revolution of Dignity, he fled to russia, where he conducts active anti-Ukrainian activities and works for the special services of the aggressor country.
The traitor controlled a number of companies in Ukraine through proxies - Ukrainian citizens and non-resident companies. Some of the companies have signs of being fictitious. They were used to cover up the activities of members of the criminal organisation and legalise their financing. The ultimate goal of the organisers was to commit crimes against the foundations of Ukraine's national security.
During the searches, it was seized weapons and documents confirming Sivkovych's involvement in these and other companies. The investigation is ongoing.
In July 2022, SBI employees reported suspicion of high treason to former Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council Volodymyr Sivkovych and three russian Federal Security Service employees for espionage.
The investigation established that the 5th Service of the federal security service of russia formed a criminal organisation to conduct intelligence and subversive activities against Ukraine. It was headed by Igor Chumakov, the head of the 9th ("Ukrainian") department of the operational information department of the 5th service of the fsb of Russia. It consisted of fsb officers, including Alexander Chulindin, Marina Terentyeva and representatives of other state agencies of the aggressor country. The fsb also involved in their unlawful operations representatives of the former government in Ukraine, who "relocated" to Moscow in 2014, including Vladimir Sivkovich. The criminal group also included the former head of the Security Service of Ukraine in Crimea, Oleh Kulinich, who in turn recruited other Ukrainian citizens.
Volodymyr Sivkovych coordinated the work of the Ukrainian part of the group, which collected and passed on to russian representatives information constituting a state secret, and also tried to influence personnel decisions in the security agencies of Ukraine.
