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Retired Ukrainian general reacts to criminal authority's elimination in Moscow

Retired Ukrainian general reacts to criminal authority's elimination in Moscow Photo: Armen Sarkisyan (Russian media)

The criminal boss from the Yanukovych era, organizer of "titushky" (burly guys dressed in sports gear who act as agents provocateurs - ed.), and founder of the ArBAT battalion, Armen Sarkisyan, was blown up today in Moscow. He was a traitor to Ukraine, and "karma caught up with him," states Major General of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), former Deputy Head of the Security Service of Ukraine Viktor Yahun in a commentary to the RBC-Ukraine YouTube channel.

"This is a very interesting topic. Why? Because I am categorically against someone in Kyiv, for example, stepping onto the podium today and saying that we take responsibility because we eliminated him. Listen, karma is what it is, you know. No matter what a person does, it eventually comes back. Sooner or later," Yahun said.

He pointed out Sarkisyan's turbulent biography, his origins, and the lingering traces of his past.

"Let those who want to deal with this rubble sort it out. As for the rest — the traitors and collaborators — they should simply think about the fact that Moscow is a big city. And a brick from the 10th floor can fall at any moment. That’s why I emphasize once again: karma is what it is. And it’s more beneficial when our services just stay silent. No person — no problem," Yahun noted.

The retired SSU Major General stressed that everyone will remember Sarkisyan "not as some so-called 'prominent businessman' who headed some boxing federation, but as a traitor who once betrayed the country whose passport he carried in his pocket."

Sarkisyan's assassination in Moscow

It was reported today that Armen Sarkisyan, a criminal boss from the Yanukovych era and founder of the ArBAT battalion, was blown up in Moscow. Known by the Horlivskyi nickname, Sarkisyan was targeted in one of the city's elite residential complexes while accompanied by his security detail.

Later, reports surfaced online that Sarkisyan had died in intensive care without regaining consciousness.

More details on Sarkisyan’s assassination can be found in the RBC-Ukraine report.