Employees of the State Bureau of Investigations (SBI) and the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) have revealed that a Ukrainian Member of Parliament (MP) suspected of organizing an illegal border crossing to another person had done it more than once and on September 2 the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) notified him of a new suspicion and of changing the previous one.

This is reported on the SBI's website on Wednesday without specifying the name and party or faction affiliation of the MP. At the same time, it is indicated that he is currently in the pre-trial detention center.

An informed source told the Interfax-Ukraine News Agency that the suspect is independent MP Oleksandr Dubinsky, who was previously notified of suspicion of high treason.

The SBI also reported suspicion to the former aide of the MP, who now works as the head of NGO Media Defense. According to open sources, the director and one of the co-owners of Media Defense is Dmytro Oberemchuk.

"The defendant in collusion with other persons in August 2022 organized the illegal departure abroad of the brother of his common-law wife. The relative of the MP's cohabitant left Ukraine for the Republic of Moldova by car through one of the checkpoints. As a reason for crossing the state border, he provided documents entered into the Shlyah system. [...] He obtained the permit by order of the Vyshgorod District Military Administration with the assistance of the MP and a public organization affiliated with him. The 'relative' himself after crossing the border actually employed on a foreign sea vessel, did not carry out any transportation for the needs of the AFU [Armed Forces of Ukraine] and returned to Ukraine at the end of 2022 after the completion of the contract," it said.

Later he managed to use for the second time the illegal scheme developed by the MP and his accomplice, after which he did not return to Ukraine.

The Prosecutor General reported about the new and change of the previously notified suspicion of the people's elected official on the grounds of a criminal offense under part 2 of article 332 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, i.e. on the fact of organization of illegal transportation of persons across the state border, committed repeatedly by the people's deputy by prior conspiracy with other persons.

The Prosecutor General reported a new suspicion and the amended previously notified one were reported to the MP on the grounds of a criminal offense under Part 2 of Article 332 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (organization of illegal transfer of persons across the state border, committed repeatedly by an MP by prior conspiracy with other persons).

The SBI reported suspicion to the head of NGO Media Defense under Part 2 Article 332 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (organization of illegal transfer of persons across the state border, committed repeatedly by an MP by prior collusion with other persons).

Dubinsky is currently in custody under a high treason case. He, as well as former MP Andriy Derkach and former prosecutor Kostiantyn Kulyk were notified of suspicion under two articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine: Part 1 of Article 111 (high treason) and Part 1 of Article 255 (creation, management of a criminal community or a criminal organization, as well as participation in it).