17 nov 1919 - Volin (at some point)testifies to the rev. tribunal of 14th army of the many company's he's recieved about kontrraz. makhno shuts him down, recalling the assistance they have paid to Volin, including accompanying him north for a lecture (when he was arrested)

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A severe critic of the Kontrrazvedka, not only in the autumn of 1919 but also later in emigration, was the head of
this Commission and chair of the VRS, Vsevolod Volin. In the deposition he gave to the revo-
lutionary tribunal of the 14th Army he stated
that he had to deal with a whole procession of
complainants on account of the abuses of the
Kontrrazvedka, an organ which he regarded
with horror. 107
Makhno himself recalled that the Kon-
trrazvedka was given practically unlimited
powers in the liberated regions. This applied, in particular, to the
searching of homes in the zone of military operations or the arrest
of persons, especially those identified by the local population. The
Batko acknowledged that some of the actions of the Kontrrazvedka
caused him "mental anguish and embarrassment when he had to
apologize for their excesses.”(108) On the other hand, Makhno categorically rejected Volin's critique. According to the Batko, Volin
himself frequently turned to the Kontrrazvedka for help. Thus in
Yekaterinoslav he and the Bolshevik Orlov asked for a warrant to
search the property of an anarchist who had defected to Denikin
and confiscate any goods for the local committee of the KP(b)U.
And when Volin made a trip to Krivy Rog to deliver a lecture (he was arrested there by the Reds) in the autumn of 1919 he was accompanied by Golik personally with a squad of 20 of the best agents
of the Kontrrazvedkalom.

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