
Several American departments - the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), the Ministry of Justice and the State Department - sent specialists to Ukraine. According to ITAR -TASS, a source in the Security Service (SBU), their goal is to ensure coordination of the activities of Ukrainian state structures on internal affairs. According to the source, the Ukrainian leadership was not able to organize this work independently. In particular, it was not possible to establish intelligence in the south -east of Ukraine - according to the source, the US military attachment apparatus is currently engaged in this, "using diplomatic immunity."
According to the source, the Americans recommended that the Ukrainian leadership during the anti-terrorist operation use army units only to cordinate the external perimeter of settlements in the southeast of the country, and carry out "stripping" with the help of members of civil and political organizations. Earlier, acting President of Ukraine Alexander Turchinov signed a decree on the beginning of an anti -terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine and announced the possibility of a joint settlement of the situation in the eastern regions with the peacekeepers of the UN. Earlier, Oleg Tyagnibok sharply criticized the work of law enforcement agencies of Ukraine, reports TSN .
Note that last weekend Kyiv was visited by CIA director John Brennan. The head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, Alexei Pushkov, called the visit of the head of American intelligence by evidence that "the current government of Ukraine is not independently, agrees with Washington," and "the United States conducted a change in the regime in Ukraine, established a regime profitable for itself." Meanwhile, the ex-chairman of the Security Service Igor Smeshko said that Ukraine has no real allies and called the proposal of the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Alexander Turchinov, the UN Secretary General regarding the introduction of UN troops into Ukraine, UNIAN reports.
Earlier, the US State Department reported that employees of the FBI, the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Finance are really departing to Ukraine - they will advise the Ukrainian government on the "investigation and collection of evidence necessary for the return of stolen assets abroad." Recall that the Council of the European Union on Foreign Affairs froze the accounts of four more close to ex-president Viktor Yanukovych, Ukrainian officials suspected of plundering Ukrainian state funds.
Russia will teach Ukrainian officers and officials
Meanwhile, the Russian Federation sends specialists to Crimea - also for training. In the near future, members of the Russian Association (Ayur) for retraining employees of all legal systems in accordance with Russian law will arrive on the peninsula. Study will begin on April 17, and at the end of the month, former Ukrainian lawyers will have to take exams, the local portal QHA reports.
Retraining of all managers and training in the legislation of the Russian Federation has already begun. The Russian Academy of National Economy and the Public Administration has developed a special course that allows you to become a qualified Russian official in just 18 hours. Based on the results of training, all listeners are issued certificates on the knowledge of the program "Fundamentals of state and municipal administration and anti -corruption legislation". With him they can occupy any leadership positions, including government members, the Moscow Komsomolets reports.
Earlier it was reported that the retraining of each Crimean official will cost six and a half thousand rubles. Russian President Vladimir Putin at the same time stated that the Crimeans who will work in the executive authorities in the region will have to undergo an internship in Moscow, ITAR-TASS reports.
Former Ukrainian officers, adopted for military service in the Russian Armed Forces, will also have to, apparently, leave the Crimea during the training. According to Interfax , they will be taught at universities of the Ministry of Defense. As the First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Arkady Bakhin, said on Tuesday, training is designed for a year and will begin on May 13.
The SBU accuses Russia of transferring reconnaissance groups to Ukraine
The head of the Center for Military-Political Studies and the coordinator of the Information Resistance group Dmitry Timchuk said that Russia was recalling its scouts from the Crimea to transfer them to the east of Ukraine. Earlier, Evgeny Dubinis said in an interview with the rain that the Russian side "takes the most direct part" in the riots in Ukraine: according to him, sabotage groups are delayed in the country almost every day, which include Russian citizens. On Tuesday, the SBU reported that the Russian special forces arranged a sabotage in Slavyansk.
Russia was accused of financing the separatists. The Security Service of Ukraine said that the financing of terrorist groups in the East is taking place using assets of the Russian banking institution. Criminal proceedings have begun against officials of one of the Russian banks, whose employees, according to the SBU, transferred 45 million hryvnias "from non -cash unit to monetary cash."
Ukrainian special services claim that the banking structure every day transfer from 200 to 500 US dollars to payment cards of alleged terrorists. And the Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Peter Mehed said that the Russian intelligence services listen to the mobile phones of the Ukrainian military in the Crimean area and send them and their relatives to report demoralizing maintenance.