The Office of the Prosecutor General reported it.

The accused wrote propaganda, anti-Ukrainian articles for a monetary reward at the request of the head of one of the Internet resources, who received tasks from representatives of the Russian Federation.

The examination established that the publications of the accused contained statements on changing the borders of the territory, the state border of Ukraine in the form of appeals, slogans, and agitation to unite with Russia. Also, in the texts of the articles, the Crimean peninsula is considered a subject of the Russian Federation.

In addition, the psychological and linguistic examination confirmed that the accused had expressed theses about inciting hatred and mistrust between residents of different regions of Ukraine, speaking in the media.

What is known

• In Kyiv, the SBU exposed an advertising agency that promoted “L / DNR” and “Russian Crimea.”
• The Security Service of Ukraine exposed a bot farm in Kyiv, through which anti-Ukrainian slogans and misinformation about the results of the Crimean Platform summit were spread on social networks. Among the organizers of the illegal activity are four Kyiv residents who received money for it from the territory of Russia via electronic payment systems banned in Ukraine.