Russia News: Russian hypersonic expert gets 14 years imprisonment, 77 year old Maslov convicted of treason

In Russia, a court has sentenced hypersonic missiles expert and physicist Anatoly Maslov to 14 years of imprisonment after finding him guilty of treason. On the other hand, a military court has arrested Ivan Popov, former commander of Russia's 58th Army, on suspicion of involvement in large-scale rigging.

Maslov, 77, was presented behind glass in a Petersburg court on Tuesday, according to Russian news agency Itaratas. As soon as the judge announced his verdict after a closed-door hearing, Maslov, who was found guilty, pleaded not guilty. Maslov is a scientist at the same Serbian institute where two other scientists were arrested on treason charges in 2022. The names of the other two accused are Alexander Shilyuk and Valery Vegintsev.

All three scientists were charged in the same case

These three scientists have been accused in a similar case. These people have worked on the framework of hypersonic missiles. These state-of-the-art weapons have the ability to carry weapons at ten times the speed of sound through the air defense system. At the same time, Maslov's lawyer Yevgeny Mirnov says that convicting Maslov is a violation of the law.

'He was a victim of the policies of the Russian administration'

He has been a victim of the policies of the Russian administration. He is a heart patient and will appeal against this sentence. Meanwhile, a military court has arrested Ivan Popov, who was a Major General in Russia's 58th Army, on charges of major fraud. Popov's lawyer said that he has been detained for two months. Last year, Popov said he was fired from the army because he told the military leadership deployed on the front line in Ukraine that Russia's condition could worsen.