Ukraine’s ruling party to submit resolution to recall treason suspect Dubinsky from key finance committee post
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Members of the Servant of the People faction in parliament will submit a resolution to the Verkhovna Rada to recall Oleksandr Dubinsky, a suspect in high treason, from the post of deputy chairman and member of the Committee on Finance, Taxation, and Customs Policy.
Holos party faction MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak reported on Telegram on Nov. 16 that a motion to that effect is to be put forward shortly.
On Nov. 13, Ukraine’s SBU security service reported that it had gathered evidence to press treason charges against current MP Dubinsky. According to the investigation, he spread fake news about Ukraine's top military and political leadership, including the alleged interference of high-ranking officials in the 2019 U.S. presidential election.
The SBU said that the lawmaker had the call sign Buratino, (Pinocchio) and was a member of a criminal group formed by the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (GRU). The group also included former MP Andriy Derkach, who fled abroad before the full-scale war, and a former prosecutor Kostiantyn Kulyk, codenamed Ptichka.
Dubinsky was charged under two articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine — Part 1 of Article 111 (high treason), and Part 1 of Article 255 (creation, leadership of a criminal community or criminal organization, as well as participation in it).
On Nov. 14, a Ukrainian court sent the MP to a pre-trial detention center until Jan. 12 without the right to post bail. He claims that "there is not enough evidence" to detain him.
Dubinsky is also suspected of forging documents for traveling abroad. On Aug. 3, law enforcement officers searched the parliamentarian’s place of residence. He was charged with organizing the illegal transportation of people across the state border.
On Nov. 6, the Pecherskyi District Court of Kyiv placed Dubinsky under round-the-clock house arrest.
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