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Suspected of espionage on the Russian Federation: the EU has released a translator that notified the closed performance of Zelensky

To spread: the European Commission is investigating a possible spy of the Russian Federation, which works as a translator and has been invited to a closed meeting in Brussels. The translator was removed from the meeting room because she was notified the speech of President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky on defense and weapons. The translator has been released and will not be invited to international meetings from now on, it is said in the article of the French edition of Le Monde.

Meanwhile, it turned out that Ukrainian diplomats never wanted to work with it because they knew about contacts with Russian officials. The suspect has a Russian family, lives in Europe and works as a French-Ukrainian translator. The media explained that the alarming event occurred on December 19, 2024 during a closed meeting of Zelensky and EU politicians. The main issue is to provide EUR 30 billion to strengthen Ukraine's defense (weapons) and to protect energy.

Translators are present at closed meetings, but any records are forbidden, the publication emphasizes. However, Czech translators noticed "Mrs. I. " (The last name is not indicated) that made any notes. Security staff immediately "broke into the cabin", caught a woman "hot". The notes were removed and the translator was removed from the premises, the sources in the EU special services told reporters.

She was then deprived of accreditation, banned from entering the European Commission building and investigating. It turned out that "Mrs. I. " From a Russian family who lived in Ukraine for some time. For 20 years, she has been a frilan sprack. Places of work - NATO representation, European Commission, Ministry of Defense of France.

The education of the suspect is a specialty English, foreign literature and psychology (Kyiv, 2002), and then - the Institute of Translators, Interpreters and International Relations (Strasbourg). Journalists received information from diplomatic sources on the incident with a possible spy of the Russian Federation. The sources said that Ms. I. twice in 2024 at the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs worked at international conferences.

After the events at a closed meeting, it was to be excluded from the lists of official translators, but they have not yet been excluded. In addition, the media led the position of Ukrainian diplomats. For several years in a row, Ukrainians did not allow the involvement to visit Zelensky's visits because they did not believe in its honesty.

"Among the claims made by the Ukrainian office official in Paris is the fact that it maintains professional relations with Russian officials," the article reads. Le Monde talked with Mrs. I. Translator assured that there was some "misunderstanding". However, after the question of the notes at the closed meeting, she gave up further comments. The French media did not publish the full name and surname of the person who is suspected of espionage on the Russian Federation.

There is also no photo of the suspect. It should be noted that in March 2025, the L'A Express media spoke about the spies of the Russian Federation, which conducted 13 special operations in the EU. According to the investigation, they stole data on the development of weapons, broke down policy accounts. We remind you that the spring of 2020 of the SBU exposed the spy of special services of the Russian Federation, which was a cadet of a Ukrainian military educational institution.