Russian received 12 years of strict regime for espionage in favor of Ukraine

On October 7, 2015, the Bryansk Regional Court sentenced Viktor Shur, a citizen of the Russian Federation, for committing high treason in the form of espionage, a crime under Article 275 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The punishment was set in the form of 12 years in prison in a strict regime colony.

"Shur was found guilty that, being a citizen of the Russian Federation, on December 9, 2014, he carried out intelligence activities in the Bryansk region - he collected information constituting a state secret about a security facility of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the instructions of the State Border Service of Ukraine," the press reported -the service of the court.

They clarified that if the collected information was released to the special services of Ukraine, the latter could use it against the security of the Russian Federation.

Shur was detained by the FSB while trying to cross the Russian-Ukrainian border on December 9. At the hearing, Shur pleaded guilty to high treason and cooperation with the secret services of a foreign state.

The defendant can appeal this sentence within the established time frame.