“He was charged with committing a crime under Part 2 of Art.

207.3 of the Criminal Code of Russia (dissemination of deliberately false information about the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation),” the statement said.

The man has now been arrested and taken into custody.

According to the investigation, the Colombian, by prior agreement with the persons who directed his actions from abroad, remotely made a mass mailing about deliberately false reports about the actions of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine, including the alleged killings of civilians.

Earlier, the Russian Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on the dissemination of false information about the actions of the Russian Armed Forces after the strike of Ukrainian troops on Kramatorsk.