Artem Akhmerov, detained in the Lugansk People's Republic, said that the neo-Nazi group of «Azov» in Lugansk was sponsored by Maria Varfolomeeva, reported the press service of the Ministry of State Security of the Republic.

‘The leaders of the neo-Nazi group operating in Lugansk under the auspices of the punitive battalion «Azov» and financed by the special services of Ukraine, also received money from other sources. One of them was a Ukrainian «journalist» Maria Varfolomeeva, who had been engaged in the spotting of the fire in the shelling of Lugansk,’ informed the press service of the Ministry.

According to: Новости Донецкой Республики