Lefortovo court of Moscow on suspicion of treason, arrested a citizen of Russia and Lithuania Eugene Matitis.
"Today, the court chose a measure of restraint concerning Eugene Matitis in the form of arrest for two months - until August 24," - said the press service of the court.
according to the source news Agency that the investigation wishes to present to the arrested official charge for 10 days." Matitis suspected of, was engaged in collecting proprietary information and transferred it abroad, "said the source," Interfax ". Press Secretary of the Lefortovo court of Moscow Yulia Skotnikova added that the defendant is a suspect, and the case is stamped " top secret ", for this reason, other details will follow. For the period From January this year, the media learned about the indictment of several Russian citizens with treason, but in most cases, the actual circumstances of the cases because of privacy was not disclosed. One of the most infamous allegations have been brought against Housewives Svetlana Davydova, who said the Ukrainian Ambassador's residence data as if the ongoing redeployment of soldiers from the military unit GRU n 48886. Initially, the court chose a preventive measure of arrest, but then Davydova was released on his own recognizance. February 4 ex-employee of the Russian nuclear center in the Nizhny Novgorod region Vladimir Golubev was charged with divulging state secrets. In 2003, the employee RFNC made a scientific report on the Symposium in the Czech Republic, which was later posted. The publication of this report was the reason for the excitation of relatively Golubeva criminal case. He faces up to 4 years of imprisonment. February 9, Lefortovo court of Moscow extended until April 5 detention Eugene Petrina. According to investigators, the man formerly employed in the Department for external Church relations of the Russian Orthodox Church, had passed classified data to the security services of the USA. At the same time Lefortovo court arrested for two months by Sergey Minakov, who is charged with espionage. According to the source, the person arrested is a member of the crew of the tanker "Coed" black sea fleet of Russia. First it was announced that the court was arrested on charges of treason Gennady Kravtsov and Yuri Soloshenko. According to media reports, the last one is a citizen of Ukraine and previously chaired the Ukrainian defense enterprise " Banner ".

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