Ukraine says it recovers guns, cash from properties of pro-Kremlin politician
This politician was accused of attempting to set up a Russian puppet government in Ukraine.
By REUTERS
Published: NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) officials found weapons and Russian cash on Wednesday after searching properties in around Kyiv linked to a pro-Russian former politician, the agency said. In a statement, the SBU said its searches of homes and offices belonging to Yevhen Murayev, who it said was "hiding from justice abroad," and his associates were part of a criminal investigation into treason.
Murayev's political party and a television channel under his control were seen as vehicles for Kremlin interests in Ukraine before Moscow's Feb. 24 invasion. The party, Nashi, was banned after Russian forces swept into Ukraine. He had promoted views that aligned with Russian narratives on Ukraine, including that the 2014 Maidan protests in Kyiv were a Western-backed coup and the Kremlin-fueled war in eastern Ukraine that followed was an internal conflict.
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This politician was accused of attempting to set up a Russian puppet government in Ukraine.
By REUTERS
Published: NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) officials found weapons and Russian cash on Wednesday after searching properties in around Kyiv linked to a pro-Russian former politician, the agency said. In a statement, the SBU said its searches of homes and offices belonging to Yevhen Murayev, who it said was "hiding from justice abroad," and his associates were part of a criminal investigation into treason.
Murayev's political party and a television channel under his control were seen as vehicles for Kremlin interests in Ukraine before Moscow's Feb. 24 invasion. The party, Nashi, was banned after Russian forces swept into Ukraine. He had promoted views that aligned with Russian narratives on Ukraine, including that the 2014 Maidan protests in Kyiv were a Western-backed coup and the Kremlin-fueled war in eastern Ukraine that followed was an internal conflict.
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