The State Security Service published the interim results of the investigation into the criminal case regarding the alleged possession of the personal file materials of the former serviceman of the Ministry of Defense, Mikheil Kamkhadze, by the representatives of the armed forces of the Russian Federation in the territory of the Ukrainian city.

As mentioned in the information released by the State Security Service, the investigation established that the case does not include any evidence proving transfer of documents or making of copies.

In addition, according to the agency, no documents about Mikheil Kamkhadze are stored in the Ministry of Defense.

According to the agency, on August 14, 2016, Mikheil Kamkhadze was dismissed from the Defense Forces due to the age limit, and his personal case, in accordance with the law, was sent to the relevant service.

“The investigation established that the case does not include any evidence proving transfer of documents or making of copies. In addition, no documents about Mikheil Kamkhadze are stored in the Ministry of Defense. It is also established that the personal file of a military serviceman found in the city of Lysychansk, spread by Russian media, has nothing to do with the personal file of Mikheil Kamkhadze, which is protected in the Gldani military department, and it may represent documents personally collected by Mikheil Kamkhadze in 2016, which he did not deny during an interview. The examination of the materials released by the media established that the majority of the documents are not identical to the documents of the military serviceman's personal file kept in the service of military registration, recruitment and mobilization, except for diplomas and certificates, which are not secret documents, and according to Mikheil Kamkhadze, they are kept at his house", reads the information.

In addition, according to the agency, it was additionally established that the materials disseminated by the media contain some information that was never part of the personal file of Mikheil Kamkhadze's military serviceman.

"In particular, the footage relating to Mikheil Kamkhadze's autobiography contains the data available after the dismissal of the employee, which is confirmed by Mikheil Kamkhadze himself, who explained that he wrote the said autobiography himself, after leaving the military service, which in turn once again excludes the connection of the published materials with the protected case.

In addition, as a result of the investigative actions conducted, it is clear that none of the documents shown in the video material contained state secrets.

Based on the interim results of the investigation, the State Security Service has a reason to state unequivocally that the mentioned campaign is a deliberate provocation against the state, which directly serves the attempt to discredit both the Georgian special service and the Ministry of Defense.

The State Security Service of Georgia is conducting a criminal case on the fact of violation of the rule of protection of state secrets in connection with the mentioned case. The investigation is based on the media story of August 8 of this year, where it was said that the personal file of the former military officer of the Ministry of Defense of Georgia, Mikheil Kamkhadze, appeared in the hands of the Russian special services. The final results of the investigation will be made known to the public later," reads the information released by the State Security Service.

source: IPN