Two Ukrainian hackers have said e - mails they have uncovered belonged to Russian businessman Vladislav Surkov , a key figure in Russia 's dealings with Ukraine . Among the thousand of " humdrum , day - to - day " emails are a list of separatist politicians , a map of Russia investigations into ' revolutionary Russia ' and ' Lesser Russia ' , and budgets for pro - Russian " breakaway republics " . Ruslan Deynychenko , from the Ukrainian website , says it is " beyond reasonable doubt " the e - mails came from Surkov 's office , while journalist Eliot Higgins said the e - mails describe Russia 's involvement in the Ukraine " completely undeniable " . The Russian government denies all allegations .
Two Ukrainian hackers have said e-mails they have uncovered belong to Russian businessman Vladislav Surkov, a key figure in Russia's dealings with Ukraine. Among the thousand of "humdrum, day-to-day" emails are a list of separatist politicians, a map of Ukraine divided into 'New Russia' and 'Lesser Russia', and budgets for pro-Russian "breakaway republics". Ruslan Deynychenko, from the Ukrainian website Stopfake.org says it is "beyond reasonable doubt" the e-mails came from Surkov's office, while journalist Eliot Higgins said the e-mails render Russia's involvement in the Ukraine "completely undeniable". The Russian government denies all allegations.