For "treason"
15 years in prison for scientist in Russia
A prominent scientist in Russia has been sentenced to 15 years in prison on charges of "treason". According to Russian media, Alexander Shiplyuk is alleged to have passed on information about supersonic weapons to representatives of other states.
A Moscow court found the researcher Alexander Shiplyuk guilty of "betraying state secrets" on Tuesday.
The director of the Christianovich Institute for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics in Novosibirsk, Siberia, was arrested in the summer of 2022 and has been in custody in Moscow ever since. The trial against him took place in camera. According to TASS, the 57-year-old pleaded not guilty.
Colleague sentenced to 14 years in prison
In May, a colleague arrested around the same time as Shiplyuk was also sentenced to 14 years in prison for treason. According to Russian media reports, he was accused of passing on secret data on the Russian supersonic missile program to the German secret service.
Since the start of the large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Moscow has intensified its crackdown on scientists. At least three more scientists from Novosibirsk have been arrested since then.
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