SBU responds to Musk's comments on arrest of pro-Russian blogger Lira
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Ukrainian law enforcement’s actions were carried out in accordance with the law, the Security Service (SBU) said in a comment to NV regarding Elon Musk’s X (Twitter) comments on the arrest of pro-Russian blogger Goncalo Lira.
Lira, who holds dual citizenship of Chile and the United States, was arrested in Kharkiv Oblast for promoting Russian aggression in Ukraine and spreading pro-Kremlin ideas on social media.
An investigation found that Lira’s videos denied Russian war crimes and justified Russian aggression. Lira claimed that Ukraine was shelling its own territory and a neo-Nazi regime ruled the country.
Such activities constitute a criminal offense under Article 436-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (justification, recognition as lawful, denial of Russia's armed aggression against Ukraine, glorification of its participants).
The SBU documented Lira's activities and served the blogger with a notice of suspicion. In May 2023, the court imposed on him a preventive measure in the form of detention with the possibility of bail. He was initially released on house arrest after posting the bail, but was arrested again in July when he attempted to cross the border into Hungary on his motorcycle.
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Lira is currently being held in the Kharkiv pretrial detention center. His court hearing is scheduled for Dec. 12 and Dec. 21.
U.S. billionaire, X (Twitter) and Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, demanded an explanation from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the detention of the Moscow-aligned blogger Gonzalo Lira Ukraine’s SBU security service in an X post on Dec. 10.
Musk made his demand in response to an X post by former FOX TV host Tucker Carlson, who accused the Ukrainian authorities of "torturing Gonzalo Lira in a Ukrainian prison since July, for the crime of criticizing Zelenskyy”.
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