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Day 571

Spies r us?

Sep 17, 2023
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The knives are out for Nestor. Ukraine’s State Security Service (SBU) detained him in Kozyn at his castle outside Kyiv. That’s Nestor Shufrych, currently a member of Ukraine’s parliament and Rada’s free speech committee chairman, who is suspected of treason1.

Photo c/o Ukrainska Pravda

We all remember Nestor just days before Russia attempted to decapitate Kyiv in February 2022. That wasn’t pretty. The lawmaker has been punched in the face many times during his political career.

In 2004, a crowd outside of the Central Election Commission attempted to rip his head off (captured for posterity in this compilation video).

The SBU so far has provided zero evidence that Nestor was/is in cahoots with Russia’s security services.

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