According to the
Federal Security Service, he had been collecting top-secret information on
Russia’s Armed Forces and the National Guard.
MOSCOW, May
28./TASS/. The state prosecution asks a 14-year prison term for Ukrainian
national Roman Sushchenko, accused of espionage in Russia, a source in the
court told TASS on Monday.
"The prosecutor
has asked 14 years in maximum security correctional facility for
Sushchenko," the source said. The case is classified and is heard in
camera.
Sushchenko case
Ukrainian national
Roman Sushchenko is charged with article 276 of the Russian Criminal Code
(Espionage), that stipulates a penalty of up to 20 years of imprisonment.
As the Public
Relations Center of the Russian Federal Security Service earlier stated,
Sushchenko is a Ukrainian Defense Ministry intelligence staffer and was
arrested while spying.
According to the
Federal Security Service (FSB), he had been collecting top-secret information
on Russia’s Armed Forces and the National Guard.
The Ukrainian has
pled not guilty to the charges.
Source: ITAR-TASS
29-05-2018
