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Ukrainian volunteers of the Myrotvorets Center, a Ukrainian NGO running an online database of personalities linked to Russian aggression, have shared a dump of a hacked email box belonging to a former member of Russia-backed illegal military formations in Donetsk region, who owns a cryptocurrency trading platform. One of the email messages sent by an FSB operative informs that they “have approved the budget for the actions of the comedian” and orders to withdraw 200,000 (the currency isn’t mentioned, allegedly US dollars) and “hand them over as we had agreed,” another confirms the plan to fulfill it on the next day, one more email informs a local office of Zelenskiy campaign on the amount.

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