Investigative
operations were conducted simultaneously in Crimea, Siberia and the Urals.
YEKATERINBURG, April
3. /TASS/.The Sverdlovsk Region’s branch of the Russian Federal Security
Service (the FSB), together with its other offices in Crimea, the city of
Sevastopol and the Omsk Region, have thwarted the illegal transfer of
classified maps designed for military use to a foreign party, the press service
of the FSB’s Directorate in the Sverdlovsk Region reported on Tuesday.
"[The FSB] has
foiled the activities of a cell of individuals involved in the illegal
collection of topographic materials designed for military use to subsequently
transfer them to a foreign party. Investigative operations were conducted
simultaneously at the apartments of three Russian citizens and a Ukrainian
national in the cities of Yekaterinburg, Simferopol and Omsk, during which
electronic and paper copies of confidential topographic maps of the Russian
Armed Forces’ General Staff were uncovered and confiscated," the press
service said.
The PR office added
that the detained individuals had been given official warnings against acts
that lay the groundwork for committing crimes under the "High
Treason" and "Espionage" sections of Russia’s Criminal Code.
"All the
detainees admitted that through their actions, they created a threat to
Russia’s security and vowed they would refrain from such acts in the future.
One of these individuals was earlier charged with a criminal offense under the
High Treason section of Russia’s Criminal Code," the press service noted.
Source: ITAR-TASS
03-04-2018
