A local pensioner in Vladivostok Russia has been sentenced to twelve years in prison. The person whose identity hasn’t been revealed was charged with leaking secrets to an unidentified nation. The man has denied the charges. Russian media identified the man as a retired officer of Russia's counterintelligence structures. He has allegedly been found collecting classified data linked to a hydroacoustic system to locate submarines which he planned to hand to a representative of an unspecified country.
He was arrested in December 2019 and Russian media has reported that he might have had plans to sell unique Russia-made dry lubricants created for use of the Defence Ministry to China. According to rights activists in Russia, nearly 100 people have been charged with treason in the last 20 years and nearly all of them have denied charges.
