SBU charges ex-deputy Yevgeniy Murayev with treason
Former parliamentarian Yevgeniy Muraev has been charged by Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) with treason, the agency’s press service reported on July 25.
The SBU announced that he has also been charged with violating the equality rights of citizens based on racial, national, regional belonging, religious beliefs, disability or other grounds.
If found guilty of treason, Muraev faces a maximum penalty of 15 years imprisonment and the confiscation of property. The second charge entails a maximum sentence of five years.
According to the SBU, Murayev used the Nash TV channel, which he controlled, to ensure the mass dissemination of Kremlin propaganda to “manipulate the public opinion of Ukrainians in the interests of the Russian Federation.”
The SBU said Muraev’s efforts focused on distorting information about the internal political situation in Ukraine. The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine previously placed sanctions on the TV channel in February, 2022.
In the fall of 2022, the SBU conducted a series of searches at Muraev's residences and offices.
Cash in Russian rubles, weapons, as well as computer equipment and mobile phones were found and seized.
At the time, UP journalists revealed that Muraev and his family live in Vienna and often visit Bratislava to conduct business.
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