A former defense factory chief from Ukraine has been sentenced to six years in prison by a Russian court for attempting to smuggle missile components out of Russia.
Seventy-three-year-old Yuri Soloshenko was found guilty of spying by the Moscow city court on Wednesday and will remain in a pre-trial detention pending his sentence to take effect.
According to a court official, Soloshenko, who was detained in the summer of 2014, pleaded guilty to all espionage charges.
He was detained attempting “to illegally purchase secret components for the S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems on behalf of the generator plant and the Nebo Ukrainy (The …read more
Source: Iran English Radio
