Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has arrested a serviceman in Siberia for having allegedly passed state secrets to Ukraine.
The serviceman, from Russia's Strategic Missile Forces, was
arrested within the Siberian city of Barnaul, about 2,900km (1,800 miles) east
of Moscow, as he was walking out of a grocery , FSB footage carried by Russian
news agencies showed on Thursday.
In a statement carried by Russian agencies, the FSB said the
serviceman had allegedly passed state secrets to the most Directorate of
Intelligence in Ukraine's defence ministry.
It didn't provide further details on the character of the
knowledge that had allegedly been’ passed.
The FSB said a criminal case had been opened’ for state
treason. If convicted, the serviceman could confront to twenty years in jail.
Relations between Russia and Ukraine have soured since Moscow
annexed Crimea in 2014 and pro-Kremlin separatists seized a swath of eastern
Ukraine.
Russia has spent heavily to integrate Crimea into its
territory, and it's been the main target of espionage and military tensions
since its annexation.
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