Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Russia Jails Two Professors For Selling Missile Secrets To China

Bulava missile system. © Photo Courtesy of Northern Fleet press service

Russian Professors Sentenced For Selling Missile Secrets -- RIA Novosti

The St. Petersburg City Court on Wednesday sentenced two university professors to long prison terms for selling military secrets to China, including sensitive data on Russia's Bulava missile system.

Yevgeny Afanasyev from the Baltic State Technical University, Voyenmekh, was found guilty of high treason and will serve 12 years and six months in a high security prison.

His colleague, Svyatoslav Bobyshev, was sentenced to 12 years in a high security prison on similar charges.

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More News On The Sentencing of Two Russian Scientists For Spying

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2 Russian Professors Convicted of Spying for China -- ABC News/AP
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Russian Professors Jailed For Selling Secrets To China -- Radio Free Europe
Russia Sentences Men for Sharing Bulava Secrets: Official -- Defense News

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