Growing number accused of high treason suggests return to the suspicion of the 1990s. Meduza reportsIn the years preceding the war in eastern Ukraine, just a handful of people had been charged and jailed for high treason in Russia. But with more than 20 cases of “crimes against the state” pursued in the last year alone, it seems spy mania has returned to levels last seen after the fall of the Soviet Union. Related: Alexander Litvinenko: the man who solved his own murder | Luke Harding Then came new personnel, who knew as much about these criteria as a …read more
Source: The Guardian
