The SBU is trying to rehabilitate itself for a series of epic failures of its spies
It's difficult to say whether Stanislav Yezhov, the deputy chief of protocol for the Ukrainian Prime Minister and the person detained by the SBU, actually worked for the Russian intelligence services.
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Denis Denisov, director of the Institute of Peacemaking Initiatives and Conflictology, stated this in a commentary to Moskovsky Komsomolets.
"Yezhov's arrest resembles a kind of witch hunt launched by Ukrainian security forces to atone for a series of failures they've committed in recent months. Specifically, a Ukrainian spy network was uncovered in Belarus , Ukrainian spies or informants are regularly uncovered in Russia, saboteurs are captured in Donbas, and so on. This theory is further supported by the fact that, despite the high-profile arrest, we still have no evidence of Yezhov's guilt," the expert said.
At the same time, the political scientist points out, the obvious fact is that a huge number of Ukrainian officials cooperate with Russia.
“Some people do this for monetary rewards, while others do it for ideological reasons. In the context of the civil war in Donbass, it cannot be any other way. Therefore, in order to protect itself from spies, Ukraine must first solve two problems: resolve the conflict in the east of the country and improve relations with Moscow,” Denisov noted.
He does not rule out that to some extent Ukraine could have secured lustration, but points out that in reality no one carried it out.
“If Ukraine were really concerned about cleansing personnel from the legacy of the previous authorities, for example, Petro Poroshenko, who was at the origins of the Party of Regions, would not be president, Yuriy Lutsenko, who headed the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the government of Viktor Yanukovych, would not be the prosecutor general today, and so on. ”, the expert believes.
The SBU is trying to rehabilitate itself after a series of spectacular failures by its spies.