A Moscow court sentenced an IT expert to more than 13 years in jail for trying to pass state secrets to the CIA, Russias Federal Security Service (FSB) said Tuesday.Firuz Dadoboyev was found guilty of treason for the advantage of the United States.
He was likewise fined300,000 rubles ($3,000).
Russias FSB claimed Dadoboyev unlawfully got info that was a state trick and planned to pass it to a U.S.
intelligence officer.
With this objective, he set up contact with the CIA, the police said.Dadoboyev, who was stated to have been born in 1977, was arrested in October 2022 and has since repented for his actions, according to the FSB.Law enforcement officials stated Dadoboyev has dual citizenship.
State mediareported in late 2022 that Dadoboyev is originally from Tajikistan and has dual Russian-Tajik citizenship.AFP contributed reporting.