Prosecutor General’s Office Declares CIT Investigative Journalists Unwanted

The Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia declared the activities of a foreign non-governmental organization Conflict Intelligence Team (Ukraine) undesirable. As the supervisory authority notes, the platform, which was previously called War in Ukraine, together with the participants of the FBK (recognized as an extremist organization and banned in Russia, a liquidated foreign agent) was created by Ruslan Leviev, who left Russia (real name Karpuk, recognized by the Ministry of Justice as a foreign agent).

“The main goal of a group of pseudo-journalists is to collect and publish information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, including personal data of Russian servicemen, which will be used in the future to discredit,” the Prosecutor General’s Office said in a statement. Telegram.

Ruslan Leviev created the Conflict Intelligence Team in 2014. The platform specializes in coverage of military conflicts based on satellite images and user messages in social networks. In particular, she covered the conflicts in Donbass and Syria. After the start of the Russian military operation in Ukraine, Ruslan Leviev left Russia. In May 2022, the first case was opened against him for fakes about the Russian army (part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced wanted him. In February 2023, a lawsuit was filed against him second criminal case for discrediting the Russian army.