Viktor Medvedchuk and 12 members of the organized group are suspected of working for the military and political leadership of the Russian Federation, in particular, carrying out subversive activities in the information sphere against Ukraine. 

Under the procedural supervision of the prosecutors of the Department for Supervision of Law Enforcement by Bodies Fighting Organized Crime of the Kyiv Regional Prosecutor's Office, V. Medvedchuk, D. Zharkikh, R. Kovalenko, A. Marchevskyi, R. Kalynchuk, Ya. Taxyur, B. Giganov, Yu. Dudkin, O. Yasynskyi, R. Kotsaba, N. Khoroshevska, O. Lazarev, K. Molchanov, who is in custody, were notified of suspicion for committing the crimes provided for in part 3 of Art. 436-2, part 3 of Art. 109, part 3 of Art. 161, part 2 of Art. 111, part 6 of Art. 111-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. 

As reported in the Kyiv Regional Prosecutor's Office, the suspects created the "The Other Ukraine" project and promoted the Kremlin's narratives through it. In particular, they shared publications in which they justified the armed aggression of the Russian Federation, called for a change in the borders of the territory or the state border of Ukraine, incited national and religious enmity, and also distributed other materials in support of the aggressor state.

The pre-trial investigation is carried out by investigators of the Main Department of the State Security Service of Ukraine in Kyiv and the Kyiv region with the operational support of the Department for the Protection of National Statehood of the State Security Service of Ukraine in Kyiv and the Kyiv region.

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Viktor Medvedchuk and 12 other persons were notified of suspicion for information and subversive activities