Court arrests Kuzmin in absentia for treason

This was reported by the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI).

The pre-trial investigation revealed that the MP had been posting propaganda against Ukraine in the media. He did this on the eve and after Russia started a full-scale invasion.

In particular, starting from March 2021 and even after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Renat Kuzmin voiced propagandistic information in his speeches, messages in social networks and on his own website. Their purpose was to form an anti-Ukrainian mood in society and informational influence to damage the sovereignty, territorial integrity, inviolability and security of the state, the DBR reported.

The suspect's actions were qualified under Part 1 of Article 111 of the Ukrainian Criminal Code (high treason), for which the punishment is imprisonment for up to 15 years with confiscation of property.