Ukrainian Security Forces have accused an opposition MP of high treason

The current people's deputy of Ukraine (MP) was suspected of high treason, according to evidence collected by the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) and the State Bureau of Investigation.

Source: Press services State Bureau of Investigation; Security Service of Ukraine; Ukrainska Pravdaʼs interlocutor for law enforcement agencies

Details: The Security Forces found that the MP, involved in several convocations of the banned  political Opposition Platform "For Life" (according to an Ukrainska Pravda source, it’s Oleksandr Ponomarov - ed.) joined the Russian side at the beginning of the war. On the first day of the full-scale invasion by the Russian Federation, he left Kyiv for occupied Berdiansk.

He began cooperating with the Russians to preserve his wealth and businesses in the occupied city.

According to operational data, his affiliated businesses still provide premises for the Russian military, providing them with food, fuel, and industrial lubricants.

Under his influence, local media broadcast pro-Russian narratives and propaganda, misleading the population of Berdiansk, the State Bureau of Investigation notes.

For a long time, the MP remained in Russian occupied territory. There he met with representatives of Russia, armed groups and the Russian controlled administration of the city. He had their support and even received protection.

While working with the Russians, the MP visited both Crimea and Russia.

Subsequently, he returned to unoccupied Ukraine due to commercial disputes with the Russian occupiers.

He was then served a notice declaring him under suspicion of high treason, and handed a request to bring him into custody as a preventative measure. 

The article prescribes a punishment of up to 15 years of imprisonment along with the confiscation of property.

It is reported that searches continue at the MP's home and his offices, along with searches of the premises of people who helped him carry out his activities in occupied territory.

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