24.02.2025, 08:22

The head of the "Crimean SMERSH" is turning the residents of the TOT of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea against pro-Ukrainian compatriots

Ukrainian special services are monitoring social networks in search of residents of the occupied Crimea with Ukrainian attributes on their pages or sympathetic comments about Ukraine and the Armed Forces, so "it is important to stop such liberties." This statement was made by collaborator Alexander Talipov, who positions himself as a "military volunteer" and "initiator of the Crimean SMERSH movement" on the air of the Russian occupiers-controlled Krym 24 TV channel."

"Today he posted an avatar with yellow and blue flowers, balloons or hearts - this is a marker, 'I am mine, I am here, I am ready'. Ukraine's special services contact this person, and when they see that there is indeed support, they simply give him an innocent task: we are interested in one object, take a picture of it. The person takes a picture and sends it to the curator. And this is already a consolidation of recruitment. A person cannot refuse further cooperation because they have already committed a criminal act. The recruited person has no opportunity to refuse. He is blackmailed by publishing correspondence, asked to perform another "harmless task": to take pictures of the movement of military convoys or to take a box of sim cards from one hiding place and take it to another. The more tasks, the less likely a person is to fail to fulfill them. Gradually, he will be brought to a task where there is a high risk of exposure and detention," Talipov said.

"We had a case. In Dzhankoy, a person was detained who was posting videos in support of Ukraine on TikTok, whispering slogans quietly, as if it was funny for him. They identified him, and when the "center for countering extremism" came to visit him, it turned out that he was a record-breaker in criminal cases: Nazi symbols, Nazi propaganda, correspondence with the SBU, adjusting UAV strikes on military camps, preparing for terrorist attacks. That's it, high treason. The person received his first real sentence. It seems that he was just publishing yellow and blue ribbons, but in fact he became a trained agent of the special services who was preparing to commit sabotage on our territory," the collaborator added."

Recently, Talipov on the air of the Russian occupiers-controlled Sputnik in Crimea radio called for depriving the residents of the occupied Crimea of the imposed Russian citizenship who oppose the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, support the Armed Forces and are waiting for the liberation of the occupied territories