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Russian investigators have detained an adviser to the head of the country’s space agency on charges of treason, Roscosmos said on Tuesday.
The Federal Security Service said Ivan Safronov was suspected of passing information on arms sales and other defense and security matters
to a North American Treaty Organization (NATO) country that it didn’t name, the state-run RIA Novosti news agency reported.
Safronov is a prominent former journalist who had only worked at Roscosmos for a few months. The agency said the case wasn’t related to his work there but it is cooperating with investigators.
The case isn’t connected
to Safronov’s journalistic
work, “which stood out for
its deep expertise,†Kremlin pokesman Dmitry Peskov said, declining to provide further information.
A lawyer for Safronov couldn’t immediately be reached.