“The FSB claims that Artem Konstantinov wanted to join unnamed armed formation to fight on the side of Ukraine”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
The FSB claims that Konstantinov contacted a telegram with “representatives of Ukrainian armed formation” and wanted to join him to fight on the side of Ukraine.
The release of the special service does not indicate which armed formation they mean and which, according to the investigation, were the motives of Constantinov.
The FSB notes that the sentence has already entered into force. The project of Radio Liberty “Sever.Realia” was unable to detect on the site of the Murmansk Regional Court and the sites of other courts, the Murmansk Card of the Case of Konstantinov. According to human rights defenders, often state treason cases do not appear on court sites.
Artem Konstantinov became known about the persecution of the 25-year-old student of Murmansk State Technical University in October 2022. He told “Fidu-Info” that the FSB staff detained him on June 3 before the exam at the university. He was put on his head and put in minivan. Constantinov was forced to unlock the phone, kneel and beat. The persons who were beaten demanded that the student confess to the Security Service of Ukraine.
The house of Konstantinov was searched, he was seized certificates, laptop, flash drives, bank cards and the book “Auschwitzim. The Nazis and the “final resolution of the Jewish issue”, as well as presented the “official reservation” of the inadmissibility of state betrayal.
After the search, Konstantinov was taken to question the FSB, where they asked about correspondence with a friend of Nicholas, who lives in Ukraine. For several months, Konstantinov put pressure on, threatening and forcing them to correspond with Nicholas to “create a picture that they are really working on the tasks of special services,” he said.
In March 2023, human rights activists reported that Artem Konstantinov disappeared. He was probably detained and arrested.