SSU extracts new evidence against head of NABU detectives from his phone

The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has published new materials confirming that during the full-scale war, one of the heads of interregional departments of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) detectives, Ruslan Mahomedrasulov, together with his father, was involved in organizing illegal trade with the russian federation. This involved the sale of industrial hemp, which was grown in the Zhytomyr Region and planned to be sold to russia (the Republic of Dagestan).

This was announsed by the SSU, Ukrainian News Agency reports.

Earlier, the SSU published an audio recording of a conversation between this NABU official, during which he discusses the terms of sale and even promises to send a commercial offer to a potential buyer. The conclusions of the state forensic semantic and textual examination confirm that the interlocutors on the recording are talking specifically about trade with the russian Republic of Dagestan.

As part of the pre-trial investigation, SSU investigators also recorded correspondence between Mahomedrasulov's father and a representative of one of the agricultural companies in Dagestan regarding the sale of industrial hemp. The relevant information was found on the suspect's phone. In particular, in this communication, the representative of the russian company reports that he has received a commercial offer and asks to send up-to-date quality certificates for the products as soon as possible. He explains that the documents are needed urgently, since the russian state program for reimbursement of costs for growing industrial hemp is coming to an end. He also names the name of the person who sent him the commercial offer - it coincides with the name of a high-ranking NABU official.

In the process of analyzing the content of the phones, evidence was also obtained that it was Ruslan Mahomedrasulov who was involved in organizing the illegal business, and his father Sentyabr mostly carried out his instructions and exercised control over agricultural processes on site. Among other things, according to the case materials, the NABU employee not only found contacts for trade with the russian federation, but also looked for investors for business. The corresponding telephone correspondence was found with the high-ranking NABU official himself.

In addition, the investigation established that the father of the law enforcement officer was in constant contact with russian citizens, residents of Dagestan, and in 2023, despite russia's full-scale aggression against Ukraine, he personally visited the russian federation. Also, according to the materials of the proceedings, the father of the high-ranking NABU official corresponded with the fugitive MP from the banned Opposition Platform  - For Life party Fedir Khrystenko, who, according to the investigation, is connected to the russian special services and has significant influence on the activities of the NABU. Among other things, in one of the episodes of the correspondence, they agreed on a meeting on the territory of the EU. The contacts of the Anti-Corruption Bureau employee with Khrystenko are also evidenced by the correspondence of the fugitive MP with the father of the Bureau’s official. In particular, Khrystenko wrote that he could not reach his son by phone (for the sake of secrecy, he indicated only the first letter of his name) and asked to help establish contact.

In addition, the SSU documented facts confirming that the father of the NABU official maintained contacts with representatives of the occupation administrations in the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine. In particular, with a russian occupation official in Horlivka, he discussed the issue of renewing the registration of his weapons under the laws of the so-called "Donetsk People’s Republic".

We remind you that the SSU served the high-ranking NABU official and his father with suspicion under Article 111-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (aiding an aggressor state). They are in custody. The pre-trial investigation under the procedural guidance of the Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office is ongoing.

The SSU emphasized that this criminal proceeding concerns only an individual NABU employee and the facts of his cooperation with the aggressor country and in no way relates to the effective work of NABU as a state institution of Ukraine as a whole.

As before, the SSU advocates constructive cooperation to strengthen institutional capabilities, cleanse it of pro-russian influence, and strengthen the independence of our state.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, the SSU detained the head of the NABU department, Mahamedrasulov, on suspicion of aiding russia.