The detention of former MP and Party of Regions member Vladyslav Lukianov, reported by the SBU on Wednesday, 10 April, took place back in February. After that, on 27 February, the Solomyansky District Court of Kyiv placed him under nightly house arrest without wearing an electronic bracelet as a suspect in justifying Russia's armed aggression.
Source. This was reported by Watchers, citing a comment by a spokeswoman for the Kyiv Regional Prosecutor's Office.
Lukyanov was detained near a border checkpoint in Odesa region, from where he was trying to leave for a neighbouring country as a person of non-conscription age, in February. However, the SBU reported the detention today, on 10 April.
The publication links this to the scandal surrounding the head of the SBU's Cyber Security Department, Ilya Vityuk, as a recent SBU press release states that it was "cyber specialists of the Security Service who prevented the escape from Ukraine of a former MP from the banned Party of Regions".
As a reminder, recently Slidstvo.info released an investigation into the head of the Cyber Security Department regarding the purchase of an apartment with a market value of UAH 20 million by his wife for UAH 12.8 million.
After the investigation was published, it turned out that the journalist who prepared it was served with a summons in a shopping centre by representatives of the shopping centre, who were brought there by an employee of the Cyber Security Department.
After that, Vityuk was suspended from his duties for the period of the inspection.
With regard to ex-regionalist Lukianov, the investigation found that from 1 June 2022 to 29 March 2023, he sent posts containing text in Russian to another user in a closed Telegram chat, which were posted on Russian websites.
In addition, from 7 June 2023 to 29 August 2023, he also sent messages from Russian propaganda resources to Telegram.
Experts found that the forwarded messages contained justifications for Russia's armed aggression. In particular, the narratives were propagandistic, the author demonstrated a position of solidarity with the actions of Russia, and used language markers (fakes/clichés) related to the Russian-Ukrainian war and correlated with Russian propaganda media discourse.
Lukyanov was served a notice of suspicion under Part 2 of Article 436-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (justification, recognition of the lawfulness, denial of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, glorification of its participants).
In addition, the report on his detention states that he registered an internet provider in the occupied territory and provided access to data that passed through its equipment to the Russian special services, as well as paid taxes to the Russian Federation.
At the same time, Lukyanov's suspicion currently lacks relevant articles of the Criminal Code that could qualify such actions. This resulted in such a lenient measure of restraint.