FSB detained a resident of Sevastopol for reconnaissance at the objects of the Black Sea Fleet
The FSB detained in Sevastopol a man suspected of collecting data on objects of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. The detainee cooperated with Ukrainian special services, the FSB’s Public Relations Center said.
The FSB detained in Sevastopol a man suspected of collecting data on objects of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. The detainee cooperated with Ukrainian special services, the FSB’s Public Relations Center said. A criminal case has been opened.
The defendant is a Russian citizen born in 1994, other details were not given to the FSB. According to investigators, the man was in a group banned in Russia terrorist organization in the messenger Telegram. The FSB believes that he contacted an employee of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and, on his instructions, filmed Black Sea Fleet facilities in Sevastopol on a mobile phone.
The criminal case is investigated under the article on treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and participation in a terrorist organization (Part 2 of Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). By court order, the man was put under arrest. Together, he faces imprisonment up to life. The DSC stressed that the detainee “cooperates with the investigation and gives confessions.”.
