FSB special task caught Sossyuk, Consul of Ukraine in St.

"Alexander Sossyuk, Consul of the Consulate General of Ukraine in St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, arrested by the Russian Federation Security Department (FSB) on April 16", according to the April 17 announcement of the agency.

FSB said the Consular Sossyuk "was caught" while receiving sensitive information from a Russian citizen, but it has not announced this person's identity.

Bogdan Bespalkko, a member of the Russian President's International Relations Council, said Sossyuk can be expelled and Moscow does not exclude the ability to close the Consulate General of Ukraine in St. Petersburg.

Ukraine hasn't commented on the above information.

Russian security personnel in a raid the establishment of illegal weapons production on March 12.

The Consular Consular Sossyuk takes place in the context of stress between Moskva and Kiev escalating around the series of problems such as fighting in Donbas, orders to limit military vessels and public vessels in the Black Sea and the deployment of military forces

German Prime Minister Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron and President Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky during the April 16 Conquer "Sharing concerns about Russia strengthening forces" at the border with Ukraine and Crimea Peninsula, call

The Secretary of Russia National Security Council Nikolai Patrushev on April 7 confirmed the presence of large amounts of soldiers and gas in border areas near Ukraine.

Foreign officials often enjoy exemptions in the country where they work under the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations in 1961. However, the Convention stipulates that the local officials can deprive the right stay of multiplication.