In extending from the year before actually accused the Ukrainian journalist Roman Sushchenko come to an end. The Moscow City Court found him guilty of spying and sentenced to 12 years of imprisonment to be served in a penal colony.
Recall, that Roman Sushchenko, calling himself a journalist, Ukrainian news agency "Ukrinform", FSB officers detained in October 2016 of the year, accused of spying for Kiev. according to the prosecution, Sushchenko is a career military General Headquarters of Intelligence of Ukraine, and arrived in Russia in order to gather information about the activities of the Russian army and security forces.
The case was held under the heading Sushchenko “top secret”, therefore, all the meetings were held behind closed doors. In his final statement Sushchenko pleaded not guilty and said, that came to Moscow to meet with friends and family. Kiev authorities have also denied involvement Sushchenko to the power structures of Ukraine, but there is another one could not expect.
The prosecutor's office requested to appoint Sushchenko a sentence of imprisonment 14 years.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has responded to the condemnation Sushchinskii, offering to exchange him for the arrested in the Ukraine the main editor of the website “RIA-Novosti” Ukraine Kirill Wyszynski.
