FSB accused Kiev of sabotage with a gas pipeline in Crimea

The Center for Public Relations pointed out that during the carried out operational-search measures and investigative actions, it was established that “the sabotage was organized by the territorial division of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine in Kherson - the so-called operational service "Tavria" with the participation of the "Mejlis organization banned in Russia Crimean Tatar people" ("Mejlis")".

According to the FSB, the organizers of the sabotage are Riza Yagyaev-Veliulaev, an agent of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine, who escaped from the Crimea after a disrupted terrorist act in August 2016, in which he was aiding head, head of the Tavria operational service Viktor Zelinsky. The service also said that the Ukrainian intelligence has promised the performers about $ 2 thousand.

It's worth reminding that earlier in this case, the Crimean Tatar politician and former deputy chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatars Nariman Dzhelyal, as well as the brothers Aziz and Asan Akhmetov, were sent to the pre-trial detention center. Earlier, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported on the damage to the gas pipeline in the village of Perevalnoye on 23 August. The ministry opened a case for the deliberate destruction or damage to property.