Andrey Naumov, ex-head of the Main Department of Internal Security of the SBU, could collect and transfer secret data about the Chernobyl nuclear power plant to Russia. This was reported to the Schema project by the State Bureau of Investigation of Ukraine (SBI).

“A pre-trial investigation is being carried out into the fact of possible high treason of a citizen of Ukraine, who, while holding the position of the head of a state enterprise that ensures the operation of the Chernobyl exclusion zone, and subsequently a senior position in the Security Service of Ukraine, collected information about the functioning of the security systems of the Chernobyl exclusion zone and other confidential information. ”, the SBI said in a response.

Naumov left Ukraine the day before the start of the war. On June 7, he was detained in Serbia near the border with North Macedonia. He is suspected of money laundering. Together with him, a German citizen Alexander Akst, who was included in the sanctions lists of Ukraine, was detained. They found €600,000, $125,000 and two valuable emeralds in their car. According to Naumov's lawyer, his client and Akst are in detention in Nis in southern Serbia.

The State Bureau of Investigation searched the homes of several individuals associated with the Naumov case. According to the department, they "may be involved in the collection and transfer to a foreign state, a foreign organization or their representatives of information constituting a state secret."

Prior to joining the SBU, Naumov was in charge of the Center for Organizational, Technical and Information Support for the Management of the Exclusion Zone. He appeared in journalistic investigations about corruption schemes at customs and the possession of elite property that did not correspond to his official income.