Russian Investigation Committee Launches Criminal Case Against Vyshinsky's Prosecutor

Russian Investigation Committee Launches Criminal Case Against Vyshinsky's Prosecutor

The Russian investigators found that Andriy Prosnyak, the head of the investigation unit of the Ukrainian Security Service's (SBU) Main Directorate, was involved in illegal persecution of RIA Novosti Ukraine portal head Kirill Vyshinsky and launched a criminal case against the Ukrainian official, the Russian Investigation Committee said Tuesday

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 22nd January, 2019) The Russian investigators found that Andriy Prosnyak, the head of the investigation unit of the Ukrainian Security Service's (SBU) Main Directorate, was involved in illegal persecution of RIA Novosti Ukraine portal head Kirill Vyshinsky and launched a criminal case against the Ukrainian official, the Russian Investigation Committee said Tuesday.

"Investigators of the Russian Investigation Committee found that the head of the investigation unit of the Main Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine Andriy Prosnyak was involved in [persecution of Vyshinsky]. Prosnyak had notified Vyshinsky about suspecting him of committing a state treason," Svetlana Petrenko, a spokesman for the committee, said, adding that a criminal case under part 2 of article 144 and part 2 of article 299 of the Russian Criminal Code was launched against Prosnyak.