Sentenced to one and a half years in prison Gaidukov Andrew wanted to be a CIA agent. Attempts to establish contact with the U.S. secret service he began in August 2012, the first deputy prosecutor Alexander Sydorovych Vitebsk region: "In August of 2012 to the intelligence received operative information that a citizen of Belarus wants to establish a relationship with one of the intelligence services."

"He prepared the letter: English wrote the address CIA (which he refers), and then in Russian - who he is, what is the. Letter also had three possible variants of encrypted communication with him. Romantically in love like this," - said Alexander Sydorovych in an interview with the newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda" in Belarus."

According to him, Gaidukov would like to send a letter to the CIA, but from another country. "Once the intention to develop cooperation became evident Gaidukov said in an encrypted form to the letter. Thus began the operational experiment" - said the representative of the prosecutor's office. As noted Sydorovych, Gaidukov could have an e-mail does not respond, the choice was.

Why Gaidukov not detained immediately, but only after almost three months, said a senior investigator of the investigation department of the KGB in the Vitebsk region, Oleg Borisevich "ensued kontrrazvedovatelnaya game with this person. Must be understood: whether he is willing to commit a crime, or is it some kind of unrealized adolescent fantasies. Based on its initiatives, from what he says in his letters, to build further relationships. He had a specific goal: to cooperate and act in the interest of the security services."

The KGB sure that in a field in which he worked Gaidukov, he could provide information about the activities of "Naftan": "There is a program in which the accumulated data of the company for a specific period of time, there is a statistic."

"Gaidukov proposed to carry on the work of spyware and install it on your computer. Though his responsibilities do not include work on the computer. If desired, he was willing to provide this information. But this step it was decided not to go. We needed only to determine intent. But he and his party did not say, "I'm going to hurt physically." It was only on the information about the data, "- says a representative of the investigation.

According to him, Gaidukov offered to come in Grodno, pass the so-called "bride" to determine whether or not it he wrote these letters. "The problem was the following: to appear in a public place at a certain time, to be at a certain point half an hour in the hands needed to keep certain identification marks," Fanta "and blue file ... He came. Worried, it was noticeable: looking around, checking trying not to attract attention ... in Grodno with him met no one, "- says the investigator.

He notes that in this situation there was no sense in touch for a long time: "It was clear that a person acts intentionally. Stash He was offered to establish in the framework of the experiment, he clearly understands that working with special services and willing to carry out their tasks."

The representative also told the KGB detention Gaidukov in November 2012. "Prior to filing the case, the evidence of his activities, he was sure that cooperates with the U.S. secret services. He thought he was detained not only him, but also representatives of the secret services, who have made a hiding place in the tile near Vitebsk amphitheater. And even prepared a petition to him and his family protected, changed data. was afraid of retaliation by this special service, "- said Borisevich. According to the investigator, in a hiding money. Hajduk took them - I wanted to recoup their costs at this stage.

Novopolotsk refinery operator "Naftan", the leader of the unregistered public association "Union of Young Intellectuals" was arrested Nov. 8, 2012. Almost because of the complete absence of any information on the case from the public had many questions about the situation around Gaidukova. The trial Gaidukov was closed. Initially, he was charged under article 356 of the Criminal Code (treason in the form of intelligence activities), which is punishable by imprisonment from 7 to 15 years.

As a result Gaidukov was convicted on July 1 on the basis of Part 1 of Art. 14 and Art. 356-1 of the Criminal Code (attempt to establish cooperation with the special service, security or intelligence agency of a foreign state). Vitebsk Regional Court presided over by Galina Urbanowicz was sentenced to one and a half years in prison. After the sentencing Belarusian Helsinki Committee and the authorities closed the Human Rights Center "Viasna" issued a joint statement in which the condemnation Gaidukov called unfounded and politically motivated. Human rights activists have recognized political prisoner Andrei Gaidukov.

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