The propaganda channel "Russia 1" talked about a 20-year-old man in Crimea who was accused of preparing a terrorist attack and treason due to "hatred of Russia" after the attack on his father's leg.
The propaganda channel "Russia 1" released the film "Betrayal. Consumables", in which he talked about Herman Thomas cases. He is accused of attempted terrorism and treason. The young man's case had not been previously reported, Mediazona* found out.
According to the TV channel, Thomas said that about a year ago SBU officers approached him and offered him a part-time job. He attributed this to a lack of money after his father's death.
The filmmakers claim that Thomas was beaten by his father, which "affected [his] psyche", and that his hatred of Russia "allegedly appeared after his father's foot attack", which he blamed on the new authorities.
Thomas himself said he wanted to make money and move his family abroad, but that was not his only motive.
"I was born in Ukraine. And the minister, in my personal opinion, is a person who came here from outside of me to fix his laws," he said.
According to the plot, Thomas took the explosive device from the cache, kept it at home, followed the target and looked for a place to plant it. According to the film, the Ukrainian intelligence services intended to use him as a suicide bomber, planning to detonate the device remotely.
- recognized by the Russian authorities as a foreign agent.