Main intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian defense Ministry rejects messages about the fact that the detainee in the Russian Federation Roman Sushchenko is their employee, told in the press service of the Ministry.
"We do not confirm these data. Consider it another fake "square root of RIA "news" the message a press-services of the Ukrainian authorities.
in addition, the official authorized the Ministry of defense of Ukraine on the problems of fighting in the Donbass Andrei Lysenko called "history" detention in Russia on suspicion of espionage of Ukrainian Roman Sushchenko." He's a journalist, He's a special journalist of information Agency "UKRINFORM" in France and for a long time working there. What does the observation of the Russian military and intelligence agencies? I can't even understand what was his observation " the square root of said Lysenko. He called the detention Sushchenko " in the tradition of the KGB." For his part, the head of the Ministry of information policy of Ukraine Yuriy stets said that the Ministry is monitoring the situation around journalist, for example, the legal Department of the Ministry collects data in relation to the circumstances and the reasons for the detention. He States that Sushchenko is a career officer of the main intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of defence. In the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine said that dealing with the issue of the admission of Ukrainian consuls to the detainee. About the detention in Russia of the journalist of Ukrainian news Agency "UKRINFORM" Roman Sushchenko said a member of the Moscow Public oversight Commission (POC) of the capital of Russia Zoya Svetova. In her expressions, He is placed in jail Lefortovo. Kiev asked in a persistent form to release Ukrainian journalist from jail in the Russian capital. Later, the FSB of Russia in the first day of the week, announced the arrest of an employee of the main intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of defense of Ukraine Roman Sushchenko, which, according to special services, collecting secret data About the activities of Russia's military might and Regardie. A criminal case under the criminal code in accordance with "Spying" under investigation. Sushchenko detained for two months. Ukrainian national Agency "UKRINFORM" assured that Sushchenko is a correspondent of the Agency. The Agency claim that Sushchenko was on vacation and stayed in the capital of Russia on personal business. According to the newspaper, the journalist was arrested immediately on arrival in the Russian Federation. However, in the Russian international Ministry stressed that Sushchenko arrived to the Russian Federation without a journalism visa.

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