A Russian citizen was sentenced to 12.5 years in prison for smuggling missile technology to the US. Photo/Illustration
MOSCOW – A citizen Russia was found guilty of high treason for smuggling missile technology into the country United States of America (AS).
Russian news agency Interfax, citing the press service of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), reported that Sergei Kabanov was sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison after an investigation found that he shipped products used in the missile technology of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the interests of the American company Victory Procurement Services ( Huntsville, Alabama), controlled by the US Department of Defense.
“Kabanov acted on the instructions of US intelligence agencies and organized a smuggling channel for the supply of Russian military products to the US,” the statement said as quoted by NewsweekFriday (15/9/2023).
Kabanov reportedly transported components to America via Latvia.
“Channels for transferring components of Russian anti-aircraft missile systems and radar weapons to the enemy have been eliminated,” the FSB statement said.
He will serve his sentence in a maximum security penal colony.
Kabanov was arrested in Moscow on April 28, 2021, but details of the investigation were not released at the time. Russia’s state-run news agency, RIA Novosti, reported that the details were not disclosed due to classified information.
2023-09-15 14:03:27
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