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The SBU and the OPG notified Putin’s spiritual mentor of suspicion in absentia
The Security Service gathered an evidentiary base against ROC Metropolitan Georgy Shevkunov (known as Tikhon), who supports the Russian Federation’s armed aggression against Ukraine and justifies the war crimes of the Rashists.
According to the investigation, the subject is Putin’s main spiritual mentor and one of the leading ideologists of the Kremlin regime.
The investigation found that Tikhon was among the first to support the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into our state and called for assistance to the armed formations of the aggressor country.
It has been established that already in 2023 he was appointed administrator of the so‑called Crimean Metropolia of the ROC on the territory of the Ukrainian peninsula.
In this position the cleric used the eparchy’s resources to comprehensively spread Rashism in the temporarily occupied part of Ukraine’s territory.
In addition, Tikhon regularly takes part in public appearances where he justifies the shelling of Ukrainian cities and agitates for the further occupation of the entire territory of our state.
A professional examination initiated by the Security Service confirmed the facts of the subject’s information‑sabotage activities in the interests of the aggressor country.
Based on the collected evidence, SBU investigators notified Metropolitan Tikhon in absentia of suspicion under two articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine:
▪️ ch. 2 art. 110 (encroachment on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine);
▪️ ch. 3 art. 436-2 (justification, recognition as lawful, denial of the Russian Federation’s armed aggression against Ukraine, glorification of its participants).
Comprehensive measures are ongoing to bring him to criminal responsibility for crimes against our state.
The investigation was conducted under the procedural supervision of the Office of the Prosecutor General.
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