Two scientists arrested for “high treason”, one of whom died in prison
Today, Sunday, July 3, his family announced that Russian laser scientist Dmitry Kolker, 54, died two days after he was arrested by agents of the Security Services (FSB), on charges of espionage.
His family said Mr Kolker died early Saturday in a Moscow hospital, where he had been transferred from a prison in the capital. Posted on social media a message from the authorities. Alina Mironova, her daughter, wrote on the network Social VKontakte :
My father died tonight. According to the cable, he was taken to the hospital on July 22, where he died at 2:40 am, and the hospital’s intensive care unit confirmed this information. This is a great tragedy for our family.
1Verse In July, a court in Novosibirsk, a large city in Siberia, announced that Dmitriy Kolker had been arrested and detained for two months. accused of committing an offense under Article 275 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (” treason “), writes agency TASSIt is a crime punishable by 20 years in prison.
адержанный накануне ФСБ новосибирский физие Дмитрий Колкер скончался в СИЗ3ASCO / https://aZ3ASCO/
ный-физик из Новосибирска Дмитрий Колкер умер. 30 июня его арестовали и посадили в СИЗО по обвинению в госизмене… https://t.co/s121I2Ud5J
His family says that FSB agents arrested him in a clinic in Novosibirsk, where he was being treated for pancreatic cancer, and then transferred to Moscow, despite his health. “The FSB killed my father, they knew what was in it, but they took him out of the hospital. Thank you, my country!!! And his family was not even allowed to say goodbye.”Sunday books Maxim Kolker on VKontakte.
Accused of working for China
Dimitri Kolker was running the lab Quantum and optical technologies, according to the Novosibirsk State University website. According to his son, he was suspected of spying after giving lessons at an international conference in China.
During this conference, according to his son, Dmitry Kolker was constantly accompanied by an FSB agent to avoid any publication of sensitive information. In Russia, scientists are regularly accused of espionage and convicted on sometimes controversial issues.
And TASS news agency reported, on Saturday, that another researcher, Anatoly MaslovHe was arrested in Novosibirsk and detained in Moscow for a period of time ” treason “suspected of providing classified information on hypersonic technology.
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