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". The email was sent by an anonymous source who claimed he had been contacted by "a person close to Mr Surkov". 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.