Russia jails man for 23 years for spying for Poland
The FSB said he passed classified weapons data and personal details to Polish intelligence and helped fund Ukraine, according to the indictment.
- On Friday, the Federal Security Service announced a Moscow court convicted Georgy Pirogov of spying for Poland, sentencing him to 23 years in a high-security penal colony.
- According to the FSB, Pirogov used defense industry contacts to obtain restricted missile system data and allegedly facilitated cryptocurrency transfers to support Ukraine's armed forces.
- Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced Thursday that Warsaw authorities detained a Russian citizen on August 7 for allegedly planning an assassination, stating "He was inconvenient from the point of view of Putin's regime."
- Russia has significantly expanded espionage laws since 2022, raising maximum treason sentences to 25 years as convictions surged to almost 500 last year.
- Following his 2022 move to Georgia, Pirogov disappeared in Uzbekistan during a summer 2024 business trip and reappeared at Matrosskaya Tishina remand prison in Moscow by July 2024.
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A Moscow court sentenced a Russian citizen to 23 years in prison, after he was found guilty of treason for alleged spying on Poland, announced Friday the Russian security service FSB.
A Moscow court has found a Russian citizen guilty of spying for Poland and sentenced him to 23 years in a penal colony, the Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Friday.
(Berlin=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Gye-yeon = A Russian court has sentenced a Russian citizen who acted as a spy for the Polish intelligence agency to 23 years in prison, according to RIA Novosti and others...
Russia jails man on Poland spying charges after Warsaw foils hit job
Georgy Pirogov was sentenced to 23 years in a high-security colony for allegedly passing classified information to Polish intelligence. The verdict was announced the day after Poland said it had detained a Russian national suspected of planning a killing in Warsaw on the Kremlin's orders.
Espionage cases have become increasingly frequent in Russia since the start of the full-scale war in Ukraine.
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