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| Russian serviceman arrested on suspicion of treason |
| 2021-12-25 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [RIA Novosti] In the Voronezh region, a serviceman was arrested on suspicion of working for Ukrainian intelligence, the FSB reported. "FSB officers in the Voronezh Region have detained a serviceman of the Western Military District on suspicion of committing a crime under Article 275 of the Russian Criminal Code: High Treason," the press release of the Service's Public Relations Center says. According to the investigation, he passed on information about the Russian army to the Ukrainian special services, "...the leakage of which could damage the state's defense capability." The defendant was arrested by the Voronezh garrison military court. Court hearings on treason cases are held behind closed doors, as the materials in them, as a rule, are labeled "secret". The maximum punishment under Article 275 is twenty years in a penal colony. |
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