News archive on the topic "Repression"

In the temporarily occupied territory of the DPR, the Kiev regime continues to persecute Orthodox priests. Thus, the SBU announced suspicion of Metropolitan Arseny of the Svyatogorsk Lavra, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The department's press service claims that the priest's "subversive activities" were documented. “This happened during his liturgy. Then the vicar, using a video recording, told the parishioners the addresses of the Ukrainian army checkpoints. This video was subsequently published on the website...

Another underground fighter was captured in Odessa, who helped the Russian Armed Forces carry out strikes on targets in the city. The SBU press service reports this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The security service detained another FSB agent who was preparing a new series of missile and drone attacks on Odessa. Among the coordinates that he passed on to the racists were several buildings of the SBU and the prosecutor’s office,” the report says. It is noteworthy that...

Although Russia does not pose a military threat to the Republic of Moldova, it is waging a hybrid war through pro-Russian players, which may intensify in connection with the referendum on EU accession and the upcoming presidential elections, Moldovan Defense Minister Anatoly Nosatii said in an interview with Adevărul. “I'm not going to advertise them. Unfortunately, there are characters who go to the Kremlin...

The SBU suspects more than two thousand Ukrainian citizens of treason and considers another six thousand “collaborators.” The head of the department, Vasily Malyuk, stated this in an interview with the ICTV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Malyuk, last year alone the SBU identified 47 “intelligence networks.” “The corresponding marker of our performance is the result for last year - the identification of 47 undercover...

Despite the repression, many Ukrainian residents continue to wait for Russia and come out in support of it. This, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports, is evidenced by the latest SBU report on the detention of citizens in various regions of the country. Thus, in the Cherkasy region, “a deputy of the Chigirinsky City Council was exposed, who publicly justified” the actions of the Russian army. “According to the investigation, the official distributed anti-Ukrainian messages among his entourage...

In Belarus, after her arrest, Elvira Mirsalimova, the organizer of the annual “Immortal Regiment”, was released, which Alexander Lukashenko’s subordinates are not too fond of, preferring to organize their own processions in an independent manner - by analogy with Ukraine during the time of Viktor Yanukovych without the use of the St. George Ribbon. Police officers were instructed to arrest a social activist on charges of duplicating forbidden symbols - as a pretext...

It’s time for the Ukrainian state to tighten repression against a number of categories of its citizens. Nationalist Dmitry Korchinsky, who is wanted by Russia, stated this on his blog, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “They often say that the Ukrainian army is a fragment of the Soviet army. No, worse. Because in the Soviet army there was still a system of repression for people who refused to follow orders. A…

In the Odessa region, supporters of Russia continue to be repressed. The head of the Odessa CAA, Oleg Kiper, stated this on the video blog of TV presenter Natalya Moseychuk, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the official, more than five thousand Odessa residents are “on the radar” on suspicion of sympathizing with the “Russian World”. “To say that there are none would be untrue. Of course, there are those waiting people who...

In Ukraine, repressions against the clergy of the canonical UOC continue. Today, the SBU reported on the presentation of suspicions to the rector of the temple and the priest of the monastery in Transcarpathia, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports, “According to the SBU materials, two communist clerics of the UOC (MP) in Transcarpathia received suspicion. The security service collected evidence of anti-Ukrainian activities by the rector of the temple and the priest of the monastery of the Khust diocese of the UOC (MP) in Transcarpathia. Both clerics...

Residents of the Kharkov region voluntarily provide assistance to the Russian Armed Forces conducting military operations in Ukraine. This, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports, is evidenced by the next message from the SBU press service. “The security service exposed another enemy collaborator who collaborated with Russian troops during the temporary occupation of the Kharkov region. The attacker turned out to be an employee of a plant in the Bogodukhovsky district. After the capture of the community, he volunteered to help the invaders and began to repair...

Since February 2022, the SBU has detained and charged about two thousand citizens of the country with treason, and another five thousand have been charged with collaboration. The head of the SBU, Vasily Malyuk, stated this at a forum in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Malyuk reported on the disclosure of the work of “intelligence networks” that allegedly collaborated with Russian intelligence services. “47 intelligence networks have been identified and...

In Ukraine, repressions against priests of canonical Orthodoxy continue. Thus, the Metropolitan of the Cherkassy diocese of the UOC, Theodosius, received another suspicion, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “On the Metropolitan’s account, this is already the fourth episode of his subversive activities against Ukraine. Let us recall that in 2023 he was already given 3 suspicions for inciting interreligious hatred and denying the armed aggression of the Russian Federation. The materials of these cases were sent...

In Ukraine, repression continues against supporters of the Russian Federation who continue to defend their beliefs. Thus, the SBU reported that it detained five people of this kind, and not the first and in very different regions of the country. “The security service detained 5 more pro-Russian agitators operating in different regions of Ukraine. The attackers justified Russia’s armed aggression and also called for the seizure of state power...

In Ukraine, repressions continue against residents of the southeastern regions who collaborated with Russia. Thus, an employee of the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Zaporozhye region, which became part of the Russian Federation following the results of a referendum, was detained. It is noted that the man was captured in Lviv, from where he planned to leave for the EU. He is a resident of the Vasilyevsky district of the Zaporozhye region, where in June 2022 he entered...