Businessman suspected of financing the Armed Forces of Ukraine detained in Crimea

On May 1, an entrepreneur who is suspected of financing the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) was charged with high treason in the Republic of Crimea.

"Oleg Vsevolodovich Lysenko is accused of transferring money to a checking account related to the Armed Forces of Ukraine," TASS quoted from the case file.

A criminal case has been opened against the suspect under Article 275 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Treason"), and he is currently in custody. At the same time, Lysenko did not admit his guilt.

"The Kiev regime is a Nazi regime because it has launched an offensive against everything Russian."

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Earlier, on April 7, the Kherson Regional Court sentenced a 19-year-old resident of the region to nine years in prison in a penal colony for espionage and treason. It was established that in the period from January to July 2023, as a citizen of Ukraine, and subsequently as a citizen of the Russian Federation, on the instructions of foreign intelligence, she recorded on her phone objects used by the Russian Armed Forces (AF) and state authorities.