Russia has brought a string of treason cases against scientists researching super-high flight speeds, an area that underpins its development of hypersonic missiles. In the latest, physicist. -May 21, 2024 at 10:50 am EDT
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Anatoly Maslov, a Russian physicist, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for his alleged involvement in researching super-high flight speeds, officials say.
Russia has launched several treason cases against scientists involved in hypersonic missile research. Notably, physicist Anatoly Maslov was sentenced to 14 years. Charges against these scientists remain secret, but accusations include passing state secrets to foreign nationals. This wave of arrests has raised concerns within the scientific community.
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian security agents detained on suspicion of treason the 73-year-old head of a research facility that specialises in hypersonic technology, state news agency TASS said on Thursday, the latest in a series of such cases. The suspect, Alexander Kuranov, who was arrested in Moscow, will appear in court later on Thursday and the Federal Security Service wants him held in custody for two months, TASS cited a law enforcement source as saying. Kuranov, general director of the St Petersburg-based Hypersonic Systems Research Facility, is an expert in hypersonic technology and oversaw work on the concept for a new hypersonic aircraft dubbed Ayaks according to the facility s website. Hypersonic technology allows objects to travel much faster than the speed of sound. Russia, whose ties with the West have deteriorated to post-Cold War lows since 2014, has been developing a number of hypersonic weapons in recent years that President Vladimir Putin has touted as unparalleled. The