The Lefortovo Court of Moscow arrested a design engineer of an enterprise of the military-industrial complex (OPK) detained last week in Rostov-on-Don in the case of “treason” in the form of espionage (Article 275 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). This is reported by TASS with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies.
According to the security forces, the worker transmitted to the military intelligence of Ukraine data on the location of defense industry enterprises, air defense systems and personnel of the Russian Armed Forces. The man was placed in the Lefortovo pre-trial detention center. No other details of the case are given, as it contains "classified information". Including the security forces do not disclose the name and surname of the design engineer.
On April 18, the State Duma immediately adopted in the second and third readings a law on life imprisonment for "treason."
In the Russian Federation, since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, citizens and employees of defense industry enterprises have been regularly suspected of “treason” or “espionage” in favor of Ukraine. So, earlier in April, FSB investigators charged with "treason" in favor of foreign countries to Russian Dmitry Kicha, who served as deputy head of the testing laboratory of the capital's arms factory "Promtekhnologiya". The plant produces hunting and sporting rifles under the ORSIS brand. Also in April, the FSB detained a married couple in Nizhny Tagil for “espionage in the interests of Ukraine” at a military-industrial complex enterprise. They allegedly handed over secret information (drawings) to the special services of Ukraine for 100,000 rubles. Before that, in March, a resident of Khabarovsk was accused of financing the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a case of "treason" was initiated. In March, the FSB detained on suspicion of “treason” a resident of Moscow, who allegedly transferred money to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was the first known case when a case under Art. 275 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“treason”).