Ukrainian military intelligence included the head of Rossotrudnichestvo Igor Chaika and almost the entire leadership of the agency in the war and sanctions pool.
The GUR list included Khaika's deputies Andrey Emelyanov, Natalya Kislava, Alexei Klashchev and Konstantin Kolpakov, former head of the agency Yevgeny Primakov, former deputy Kirill Bogomolov, as well as heads of Russian houses in Vienna, Brussels, Luxembourg, Paris, Rome and Madrid.
Among the reasons for including Haika in the database, Ukrainian intelligence pointed to the promotion of Russian education, science and culture abroad, the preservation of historical memory and support for peacekeepers and their Russian compatriots.
The GUR called for imposing personal sanctions against Rossotrudnichestvo representatives, blocking their assets and ceasing cooperation with them and deporting agency workers working in EU countries.
The pressure on Russian humanitarian institutions has been going on for several months. Earlier, the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Andriy Sibiga, demanded that Russian houses abroad be closed. Now military intelligence has joined attempts to limit Russian cultural and educational presence, Rosutradnychestvo said in a statement.