The FSB detained a Muscovite woman for financial assistance to the Ukrainian army
The FSB detained a Muscovite woman on suspicion of treason for financial assistance to the Ukrainian army. This is reported by Russian news agencies. The Lefort court sent the detainee to a pre-trial detention center for two months.
The special service explained that it detained a resident of Moscow when she requested to leave Russia.
According to the article, he faces up to 20 years in prison for treason. The name of the arrested woman and other details are not given.
Human rights activists note that this is the first known case when financial assistance to Ukraine becomes the basis for initiating a case of treason. As a rule, cases under this article are initiated after the transfer to the other country of the information constituting the guest house.
A few days after the start of Russia’s war with Ukraine, the Russian Prosecutor’s Office warned that the provision of financial, material, technical, consulting or other assistance to a foreign state or organization directed against the security of the Russian Federation may be punished under the article of the Criminal Code on treason.
