The FSB announced the arrest of a resident of Sakhalin on suspicion of treason

In Sakhalin, FSB officers detained a local resident on suspicion of treason. This is reported by the regional office of the department.

The special service claims that the detainee planned to go to Ukraine in transit through the territory of a third country in order to join “one of the military units formed to participate in military operations against the armed forces of the Russian Federation.” In the video of the arrest, the FSB officers showed the boarding pass for the plane that the detainee was allegedly going to use.

The suspect faces up to 20 years in prison.

• Against the background of the war in Ukraine, cases of criminal cases related to high treason have increased in Russia. According to Yevgeny Smirnov, the lawyer of the “First Department”, now the issue of state change is stirred up more in a month than before the war – in an hour.
• In 2022, Russian courts handed down 11 sentences under the article of treason, OVD-Info calculated. Several of them are related to accusations of working for the Ukrainian special services.
• The State Duma Committee on State Construction and Legislation this week approved amendments that include a life sentence under the article on treason and tougher punishment for terrorist activities. The second reading is scheduled for April 13. Today, the article for treason provides for punishment from 12 to 20 years in prison.