Adviser to Russian Space Agency chief arrested on suspicion of passing information to NATO intelligence
An adviser to the head of Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, was arrested in Moscow on Tuesday on suspicion of treason. Formerly a journalist, Ivan Safronov only took up his new role two months ago.
According to Russia’s Federal Security Service, the FSB, Safronov is accused of working for a foreign intelligence agency, and passing secret information about military technology and the Russian defense industry to an unspecified NATO country.
According to Roscosmos, his arrest does not concern his current work. Meanwhile, the Kremlin has indicated that it's also not connected to his past journalism.
Earlier, media speculation linked his arrest to his previous reporting on the military-industrial complex, in particular, a story on an aircraft sale to Egypt, published in Moscow daily Kommersant.
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