Pablo Gonzalez Yagüe, Russian Spanish journalist imprisoned by Poland accused of act as a spy for Russiamanaged to infiltrate Ukrainian military installations, Poland’s largest energy plant, the wedding of a US Army officer in the Republic of Georgia and even a NATO Assembly.
As shown The world, Polish authorities Those investigating the case have viewed a battery of reports on their electronic devices detailing these and similar operations.
Apparently, the journalist, who dealt with the Russian identity of Pavel Rubtsov, wrote a report in 2016 titled “Business Travel to Ukraine”. In it, according to the aforementioned media, González recounted his incursion into Ukrainian military facilities. Apparently, on this occasion his objective was to “learn about political matters and, in particular, military matters.”
To achieve infiltrate and obtain said information, He told Ukrainian authorities that his journalistic work was motivated by a master’s thesis, as well as collaboration with the Basque newspaper “Gara”.
Specifically, he used the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster as an excuse. Furthermore, he assured that he was also preparing a report on the Ukrainian LGTBI community.
In this movement too had contact with a person named Alena Sytnikto whom he asked for help in visiting a military training camp located in Lviv and to whom he expressed interest in accessing the NATO liaison office. Both then had an appointment with a friend of their contact, Taras Dziuba, who helped them obtain authorization from the Ministry of Defense.
Finally, the journalist was received in March 2016 by Colonel Taras Grenn, who gave him access – along with photographer Juan Teixeira – to military installations and allowed him to speak with American and Canadian instructors and to attend at least three different military exercises conducted by the Ukrainian troops.
In reports he sent to Russian military intelligence, González used Moscow vocabulary, which identifies any professional who rejects Kremlin policies as anti-Russian or Russophobic. Likewise, anyone who is not supportive or neutral toward Moscow’s actions is an agent of U.S. intelligence.
On the other hand, among the most remarkable documents is the one which had as its objective the session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly which took place from May 26 to 29 in the Georgian city of Tbilisi, during which he stressed that they had been prepared “with the aim of presenting the Russian Federation as a danger to NATO.”
