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Worker at Russian Military’s Patriot Park Accused of Treason – BBC

Nikolai Martynov, 26, worked as an engineer at Patriot Park, which displays Russian and Soviet military equipment.

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Top Russian Hypersonic Scientist Sentenced to 7 Years for Treason

Alexander Kuranov, 76, was the head of a St. Petersburg state research institute who oversaw the Soviet-era Ayaks hypersonic aircraft program.

Russia Jails 2 Men for Trying to Join Anti-Kremlin Militia

One of the men said he had been tortured while in police custody and that a confession he gave had been forced.

Russia Jails Man 23 Years Over ‘Railway Explosion’ Plot

Alexander Dimitrenko had accused FSB agents of torturing him to obtain a forced confession and fabricating the case against him.

Russia Arrests U.S.-Russian Woman Accused of Treason

The arrest of the “33-year-old resident of Los Angeles” took place in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg, over 1,400 kilometers east of Moscow.

Russian Student Jailed 9 Years for Secession Calls, Promoting Ukrainian Army

Andrei Vasyurenko was detained in March on charges of “planning to commit high treason by defecting to the enemy's side.”

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Russia Detains State Firm Worker Accused of Spying for Poland

Moscow has detained a slew of foreigners and its own nationals accused of working for foreign intelligence since February 2022.

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Russia’s 2023 Treason Cases Hit Record High – NGO

The courts have reportedly handed down 37 verdicts out of 70 cases, all of them guilty.

Russia Tracks Academics With Foreign Contacts as Treason Cases Rise – Reports

“I’ve dealt with similar tasks in the past, but this is the first time I’ve come across lists of this scale,” an official told the Mozhem Obyasnit...

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Russia Arrests Man Accused of Treason for Ukraine

This is the latest in a string of treason or espionage cases linked to Ukraine, with trials often held behind closed doors and few details seeping through...

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Russian Physicist Sentenced to 12 Years for Treason

Anatoly Gubanov was accused of passing secret hypersonic development materials to Dutch colleagues with whom he collaborated on the world’s first civil...

Russia Charges Ex-Lawyer Novikov for Fighting With Ukraine Army

The Federal Security Service said that Novikov “underwent military training, participates in combat operations and is engaged in propaganda work.”

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