The main subversive work of the pro-Russian "fifth column" in Ukraine is overseen by Rossotrudnichestvo under the Russian embassy.

This was broadcast on the air of ObozTV by an international lawyer, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine, ex-representative of Ukraine to the UN Human Rights Council Vladimir Vasilenko, commenting on the expulsion of 13 Russian diplomats from Ukraine.

The diplomat recalled that the Ukrainian diplomatic staff in Russia has already been reduced to a minimum. According to him, "in Russia, a few diplomats work all".

"There were a lot more diplomats working in the Russian office. These are representatives of special services - the FSB, the GRU, who worked under cover. Therefore, these 13 people were expelled, "he explained..

"Relations need to be limited even more. Such a subdivision of the Russian embassy as Rossotrudnichestvo - the structure that organizes subversive work here, directs the "fifth column", which mobilizes the supporters of the "Russian world" to destabilize the situation in Ukraine, "the diplomat stressed..