The Investigative Committee announced the completion of investigations into criminal cases on charges of treason.
According to the committee, one of the cases involves a 68-year-old resident of the Valozhyn district. Investigators say the pensioner was recruited in July 2022 by the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence.
“For money, he began collecting information about local police officers: personal data, phone numbers — everything that could be used for pressure and provocations. Subsequently, this could be used to involve law enforcement officers in anti-state activities in the interests of foreign special services”, the committee said in a statement.
In addition, the man was charged over comments that incited “national hatred and discord against persons of Russian nationality”.
The man has been charged under Part 1 of Article 356 (treason) and Part 1 of Article 130 (incitement of racial, national, religious or other social hatred or discord) of the Criminal Code. He remains in custody.