The Security Service of Ukraine announced that it had opened a second criminal proceeding against Russian State Duma deputy Aleksey Zhuravlev, who had previously personally participated in hostilities in eastern Ukraine.

According to the investigation, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Zhuravlev has regularly visited the temporarily occupied territory of the Donetsk region.. In particular, the Russian deputy joined the Russian group of militants "

He also launched a wide campaign to support the armed aggression against Ukraine.. Zhuravlev personally publicly called for the activation of the so-called " The Russian MP also campaigned for residents of the occupied areas of Donbass to join the occupation groups of the aggressor country..

Earlier, the SBU had already informed him about the suspicion of encroaching on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine for participating in the Russian State Duma’s vote on recognizing the “independence” of the self-proclaimed “L/DPR”.

Now the SBU investigators have opened proceedings under Articles 260 - participation in the activities of paramilitary or armed formations not provided for by law and Art..

436 - public calls for aggressive war or for the resolution of a military conflict.

The SBU noted that they are taking comprehensive measures to bring the attacker to justice.

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It should be noted that just the other day, Russian MP Alexei Zhuravlev, on the air of the Russian state bank, proposed to kill German Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock with " He was particularly dissatisfied with the minister's visit to Kharkov..