The traitor of Ukraine spoke about his motivation

The man admitted that he did it not for money, but because he believed in the concept of “Russian peace”.

In Zaporizhzhia, a man named Kolesnikov received a life sentence for treason. He agreed to work for Russia, transferring data on Ukrainian military facilities and the movement of the Armed Forces.

His story became part of more than 3,200 treason cases opened after the start of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, according to Reuters.

Kolesnikov, a 52-year-old former civil servant, said he grew up in Soviet Ukraine and his father was a Soviet intelligence officer who worked in Cuba under the guise of a translator. In addition, his cousin works in the FSB of Russia. These connections made him an “ideal candidate” for Russian intelligence.

“I did it not for the sake of money, but because I believed in the concept of the Russian world,” he said…