Security Service of Ukraine serves notice of suspicion to head of Russian Investigative Committee

The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has served a notice of suspicion to Alexander Bastrykin, Head of the Russian Investigative Committee, who is facilitating mass repression in the occupied territories of Ukraine.

Source: SSU

Details: The SSU has collected a large-scale evidence base against Bastrykin. In particular, his activities aimed at introducing the occupation regime in the temporarily occupied areas of Ukraine’s south and east Ukraine have been identified.

The official fulfils the task of Russia's top military and political leadership to suppress the resistance movement in Ukraine.

In addition, Bastrykin publicly justifies Russia's armed aggression and the occupation of parts of Ukraine's east and south.

He has repeatedly stated this during his visits to Russian TV channels.

Based on the collected evidence, the SSU investigators served a notice of suspicion to the Head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation under following two articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine:

• Art. 110.2 (wilful actions committed by a representative of the authorities to change the boundaries of the territory of Ukraine in violation of the procedure established by the Constitution of Ukraine);
• Art. 436-2.3 (justification, recognition of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, which began in 2014, including by presenting the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine as an internal civil conflict, and recognition of the temporary occupation of part of the territory of Ukraine as lawful, committed by an official, using the media);
• Art. 436-2.3 (denial of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, which began in 2014, including by presenting the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine as an internal civil conflict, and denial of the temporary occupation of part of the territory of Ukraine, committed by an official, repeatedly).

Why this is important: The Investigative Committee of Russia has always announced "investigations" into the events that took place in the occupied Donetsk Oblast before it was allegedly "annexed" by Russia.

In other words, before the full-scale war, Bastrykin was "investigating" actions on the territory of another state, not directly in Russia.

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