This is a big deal. Probably these guys lied about having a big network of saboteurs in Ukraine. Probably they climbed the ranks because they were yes-men, and when the time came to push back against Putin, they couldn’t do it.
The heads of the 5th service of the FSB (Federal Security Service), which is responsible for foreign intelligence and specializes in Ukraine, have been put under house arrest, reported Meduza, citing journalist Andrei Soldatov.
Soldatov reported, citing his sources, that these are the head of the department Sergey Beseda and his deputy Anatoly Bolyukh.
Among the reasons for the arrest are the embezzlement of funds allocated for subversive and agent work in Ukraine, as well as providing deliberately false information about the political situation in Ukraine.