Pro-Russian blogger Anatoli Shariy arrested in Tarragona, accused by Ukraine of treason

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The National Police arrested yesterday Wednesday in

the Ukrainian blogger and politician

, accused by Ukraine of treason for his pro-Russian positions, within the framework of an operation led by the

that had been in the making for several weeks.

The blogger will appear today at the disposal of the National High Court assisted by the same lawyer who defends Carles Puigdemont,

.

It will be the head of the

,

, who will take charge of the matter because he is on duty.

According to police sources consulted by this newspaper, last week he himself warned through social networks that he was going to be arrested.

The

(SBU), whose investigations date back to 2021, were looking for him and accuse him of promoting hate speech, since they consider that Shariy has carried out activities contrary to the national security of Ukraine with his work. informative.

Always according to the SBU, the detainee would have carried out "illegal activities to the detriment of the national security of Ukraine in the field of information", and they consider that there are "reasons to believe that Shariy acted on behalf of foreign powers".

This arrest, "is another proof that the traitors will receive their punishment sooner or later", highlighted the Ukrainian authorities, who have appreciated the collaboration of both national entities and international "partners".

Ukraine promises that it will do everything possible to hold Shariy, who has his own

, accountable for his alleged crimes.

The evidence would be supported "by a series of expert studies, which determined that, in Anatoli Shariy's interviews and speeches, there are indications of his subversive activities against Ukraine."

In recent months, as a result of the military offensive launched by Moscow,

has intensified surveillance of news content that supposedly defends pro-Russian positions.

Shariy had assured in a tweet in which he suspected his arrest that an adviser to the

had "threatened" him.

"He told me that the Ukrainian Intelligence would find me in Europe and... Thief, corrupt and idiot. My only crime is that I have exposed you thieves too little," he wrote.

The blogger also denounced at the end of March that he had been the victim of an escrache by other Ukrainian citizens in front of his house in the municipality of Tarragona where he resides.

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