Naumov left Ukraine a few hours before the Russian invasion.
Detained in Serbia > Andriy Naumov, the former head of the SBU's Main Department of Internal Security, could collect and pass on to Russian special services data that is a state secret, in particular on the security systems of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Schemy reported, citing the State Bureau of Investigation.
The bureau said detectives were investigating Naumov's possible treason.
“A pre-trial investigation is underway into the fact of possible treason of a citizen of Ukraine who, holding the position of head of a state enterprise providing the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and later a senior position in the Security Service of Ukraine, collected information on the security systems of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and other information. confidential, “- said in response to a request from journalists.
In particular, before taking a position in the Security Service of Ukraine, Andriy Naumov managed the state enterprise “Center for Organizational, Technical and Information Support of Exclusion Zone Management”. The DBR also said that it had already conducted searches of “persons who may be involved in the collection and transfer to a foreign state, foreign organization or ïx representatives of information constituting a state secret” in the case of treason against Naumov.
“Currently, the necessary measures are being taken to establish all the objective circumstances of the criminal offense and persons who may be involved in cooperation with special services and the occupying forces of the aggressor's country,” the agency said.It should be noted that Andriy Naumov left abroad a few hours before the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian army on February 24. On June 7, Naumov was detained at a border crossing with northern Macedonia in southern Serbia on suspicion of money laundering. He was detained together with Alexander Axt, a German citizen who is on the sanctions list in Ukraine. They found 600,000 euros, 125,000 dollars and at least two valuable emeralds in the car they were driving. The detainees are currently being held in the city of Nis in southern Serbia.
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as it was headed by Ivan Bakanov in 2019. He later headed the department's internal security department, as a result of which the WB Office changed its status to the “Main Directorate”, which gave its head new powers and influence in the service.
In January last year, the general also became involved ZN.UA analyzed this case in detail in the material «10 puzzles about the war of mice and frogs in the SBU ».
