Hypersonic weapons: Why is Russia accusing its own scientists of treason?
Rights groups warn of state paranoia as experts on hypersonics, the science behind ultrafast missiles, have been jailed.
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Rights groups warn of state paranoia as experts on hypersonics, the science behind ultrafast missiles, have been jailed.
Anatoly Maslov faces a 14-year 'death sentence' in Russian prison after he was accused of betraying state secrets to China. It follows a spate of prosecutions against fellow hypersonic scientists
Alexander Kuranov is the latest scientist linked to Russia's hypersonic program to be convicted of high treason.
Since President Putin declared Russia was developing hypersonic weapons in 2018, more than a dozen physicists working in the field have been accused of treason.
Alexander Kuranov has been sentenced to seven years in a "high-security penal colony," a Russian newspaper reported.