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Ukraine Detains NABU Detective on Treason Charges Over Russian Hemp Trade

The Prosecutor General’s Office alongside the security service is examining his Russian network ties via alleged classified-information transfers

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Overview

  • Ruslan Magamedrasulov was arrested in Kyiv under Article 111-2 of Ukraine’s Criminal Code and remains in custody on suspicion of aiding the aggressor state
  • He led the Dnipro territorial unit of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau and coordinated investigations in frontline regions before his detention
  • Prosecutors allege he acted as an intermediary for industrial hemp exports to Russia’s Republic of Dagestan using family-cultivated supplies
  • Law enforcement officials are probing his negotiations with Russian economic actors and the potential transfer of sensitive case materials
  • Investigators are scrutinizing his connections with former Opposition Platform MP Fedir Khrystenko amid a wider counterintelligence operation