High profile arrests and seizures – Yezhov (Espionage) and Kolomoisky and Bogolyubov (PrivatBank)

Perhaps the news of the arrest of Stanislav Yezhov for espionage on behalf of the Russian Federation would be the most notable incident of 21st December in Ukraine on any normal day (if there is such a thing as a normal day) – particularly so as Mr Yezhov was/is a prominent assistant to Prime Minister Groisman attending almost all his foreign trips.

Further Mr Yezhov had worked within The Bankova (Presidential Administration) and also at the US Embassy in Washington DC.

Naturally all positions in which sensitive information will have been accessed and passed on to Russia – although sensitive does not necessarily equate to highly classified.

It should be noted however, that the arrest does not come as a complete surprise.