The Moscow City Court has sentenced Firuz Dadoboev, a Tajikistan-born Russian citizen, to 13.5 years in a strict regime penal colony on charges of high treason (under Article 275 of Russia’s Criminal Code) for actions benefitting the United States.
According to reports, Dadoboev, an IT specialist at a Moscow-based company, allegedly obtained classified information unlawfully. Investigators claim he intended to pass this information to a U.S. intelligence representative, having reportedly contacted the CIA. The Federal Security Service (FSB) stated that Dadoboev confessed and expressed remorse. Along with the prison term, he was fined 300,000 rubles (about $3,000).
On October 29, TASS released a video showing his arrest and sentencing. His detention was initially reported in December 2022, when he was held in the Lefortovo detention center.
Previously, The Times of Central Asia has reported that Russia is recruiting immigrants to the war with Ukraine. Central Asian migrants say that Russia threatens those who refuse to participate in the war with imprisonment.
