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Moscow , August 28, 2023, 16:07 - IA Regnum. A former employee of the US Consulate General in Vladivostok, Russian citizen Robert Shonov collected data for the United States on the course of a military special operation in Ukraine. He was charged with collaborating on a confidential basis with a foreign state, the Center for Public Relations (CSP) of the FSB of Russia reported on August 28.
The department noted that Shonov was an informant for the US Embassy in Moscow, the FSB officers stopped his illegal activities. Shonov was charged under Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, introduced in July 2022.
According to the intelligence service, since September 2022, Shonov has been collecting information on the course of the SVO, mobilization processes in the Russian regions, problematic moments and an assessment of their impact on the protest activity of the population on the eve of the 2024 presidential election for material remuneration. He acted on instructions from the political department of the American diplomatic mission, Jeffrey Sillin and David Bernstein. These diplomats are planned to be interrogated, the corresponding agendas have been sent to the embassy.
The FSB distributed a video in which Shonov confesses to collecting information regarding high-profile events in Russia.
“I had to collect negative information about all these events, look for protest moods among the population and reflect them in my reports,” said the ex-employee of the Consulate General.
Shonov added that First Secretary of the US Embassy Bernstein instructed him to look among Russian journalists, businessmen and politicians for those who are loyal to the United States. Their diplomats also intended to involve in the collection of information.
The informant faces three to eight years in prison under Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. It is used in cases where the actions of the defendant do not contain corpus delicti under the article on high treason. The person involved can be punished with an additional fine of up to 1 million rubles.