Ukrainian Man Trying to Obtain S-300 Parts Sentenced to 10 Years in Russia Our Bureau 607
Ukrainian S-300 missile system (via local media)
An Ukrainian man who tried to buy parts of the S-300 air defense system (ADS) called Klystrons for $163,000 has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
The man, A.V. Marchenko, is accused of carrying out espionage activities. He was trying to smuggle the parts via a shell company in Macedonia to hand them over to Ukrainian intelligence. The man was arrested in April 2019, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said in a statement. We have obtained comprehensive evidence proving [Marchenko s] links to the Ukrainian intelligence services, which operated with the aim to harm Russia s national security, the FSB statement said.
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This case is being considered by the Belarusian State Security Committee (KGB) and investigative bodies, Bortnikov said. This issue is being examined as part of a criminal case, which is being investigated by the State Security Committee and the Belarusian investigative bodies, he said, speaking about the US role in the coup attempt.
Bortnikov stressed that the case files confirmed that this was an attempt to carry out a military coup. This is confirmed by the unbiased and reliable data that we received after detaining individuals . in Moscow. At the moment, an active work of investigative agencies in Belarus is underway. So, the final conclusion should be made after the investigation ends, the FSB director said.
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Some recent media reports suggest the U.S. military will seek to reposition some of its troops in Central Asia after its big decision to withdraw from Afghanistan after nearly two decades in the country.
The New York Times reported on April 15 that U.S. officials had been in contact with Kazakh, Uzbek, and Tajik authorities about the possibility of using bases in the region.
And U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in tweets that he had spoken on April 22 with the Uzbek and Kazakh foreign ministers, though it s not known if they discussed the possible use of military bases by U.S. or other NATO troops.