Russia accuses former journalist of treason over military secrets
The FSB has detained Ivan Safronov for allegedly passing on information to an unnamed Nato country
07 July 2020 - 14:36
Moscow — Russian security forces detained a former journalist who works as an aide to the head of Russia’s space agency on Tuesday and accused him of treason, saying he passed military secrets to an unnamed Nato power.
Footage released by the FSB security service showed Ivan Safronov being detained outside his Moscow flat by armed plain-clothes agents who searched him before putting him in a van...
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