Order of a secret case

Ukrainian journalist Roman Suschenko, whom the Russian authorities accuse of espionage in favor of Kyiv, completely deny his guilt. This was written on Twitter by his lawyer Mark Feigin.

On Tuesday in the Moscow City Court, hearing in the Suschenko case began. They are held closed, as the case has a “secret” bar. The court extended the arrest of Suschenko for six months. The next meeting will take place on Wednesday.

Suschenko 49 years old, he is the Paris correspondent of the Ukrinform agency. On September 30, 2016, the journalist arrived in Moscow in a private case and was immediately detained . The FSB charges him Article 276 of the Criminal Code (espionage), which provides for 10 to 20 years of the colony.

The Russian side did not report the detention of Suschenko either his wife or Ukrainian official structures, which grossly violating international norms. The journalist was accidentally discovered in the Lefortovo pre -trial detention center after the arrest members of the Moscow PMC.

When the human rights activists appeared, the special services stated that Suschenko is a colonel of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, and detained him "during the spy campaign." In the case of Suschenko 10 volumes. The journalist claims to collect secret information about the activities of the Russian army and the Russian Guard. The security forces did not report other details of the case.

In the Ukrainian GUR, the FSB information was called "another fake."

At the end of October, it was reported that the investigation has already been completed by Sushchenko and Feigin get acquainted with the case file .