"Man suspected of treason for sending cryptocurrency to Ukrainian military, arrested by the Russian Federal Security Service"

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September 19, 2024
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According to a report in Russia's Moskovsky Komsomolets, an unidentified Russian man was arrested in the Far Eastern city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur for allegedly committing treason by sending cryptocurrency to Ukrainian armed forces. The cryptocurrency was allegedly sent to the Ukrainian military to “buy weapons, ammunition and uniforms." Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), the country's top intelligence agency, shared a video of the arrest on Wednesday. The footage depicts several agents rushing out of a car, forcing the man to the ground with his hands behind his back, before he is handcuffed, detained, and questioned. It remains unclear what penalties the man could face if convicted. However, two weeks ago, physicist Alexander Shiplyuk was sentenced to 15 years in prison for "treason" after sharing classified information with German intelligence during a conference abroad in 2017 while working on Russia’s hypersonic missile program.

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