Russian physicist accused of treason sentenced to 14 years in jail

• Anatoly Maslov, a Russian physicist, has been sentenced to 14 years in jail for his alleged involvement in researching super-high flight speeds.
• That is the newest in a collection of treason circumstances that Russia has pursued in opposition to scientists researching super-high flight speeds.
• Maslov was a prime scientist on the Khristianovich Institute of Theoretical and Utilized Mechanics within the Siberian metropolis of Novosibirsk.

Russia has introduced a string of treason circumstances in opposition to scientists researching super-high flight speeds, an space that underpins its improvement of hypersonic missiles. 

Within the newest, physicist Anatoly Maslov was sentenced to 14 years on Tuesday.

President Vladimir Putin has boasted of Russia’s prowess in hypersonic missiles and Moscow has acknowledged utilizing them within the Ukraine conflict.

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Here’s a abstract of the circumstances it has launched in opposition to scientists working on this delicate subject.

ANATOLY MASLOV, ALEXANDER SHIPLYUK AND VALERY ZVEGINTSEV

All three have been prime scientists on the Khristianovich Institute of Theoretical and Utilized Mechanics (ITAM) within the Siberian metropolis of Novosibirsk. Maslov and Shiplyuk have been arrested in 2022, and Zvegintsev the next yr. In a uncommon open letter a yr in the past, colleagues mentioned the three males have been harmless and the circumstances in opposition to them have been damaging Russian science. Particulars of the costs are secret, however two folks acquainted with Shiplyuk’s case have advised Reuters he’s accused of betraying secrets and techniques to China by handing over categorized materials at a convention there in 2017.

VLADISLAV GALKIN

Galkin labored at one other Siberian college and had co-authored papers with Zvegintsev and Shiplyuk. His arrest was reported in December 2023, however BBC Russian mentioned he was really detained in April of that yr. It quoted his spouse as saying she had advised their grandchildren he was on a enterprise journey.

ALEXANDER KURANOV

Kuranov was handed a seven-year jail sentence for treason final month, after being accused of passing state secrets and techniques to international nationals. Maslov’s lawyer, with out naming Kuranov, mentioned the case in opposition to Maslov had been based mostly on testimony in opposition to him from one other one who received a seven-year time period. On the time of his arrest in 2021, Kuranov was the final director of the St Petersburg-based Hypersonic Programs Analysis Facility, the place he oversaw work on a brand new model of a Soviet-era hypersonic plane dubbed Ayaks.

ANATOLY GUBANOV AND VALERY GOLUBKIN

Each labored at TsAGI, the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute based mostly in Zhukovsky, close to Moscow, the place Gubanov was Golubkin’s boss.

Gubanov, arrested in December 2020, had been engaged on a global undertaking referred to as HEXAFLY-INT to develop a hypersonic civil plane powered by hydrogen gas. In October 2023 he was discovered responsible of handing over state secrets and techniques and sentenced to 12 years.

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Golubkin, arrested in April 2021, was jailed for 12 years in June 2023 after being discovered responsible of passing secrets and techniques to a NATO member state. Nonetheless, the decision was annulled final month and a brand new trial ordered.

VIKTOR KUDRYAVTSEV, ROMAN KOVALYOV AND VLADIMIR LAPYGIN

All three labored at TsNIIMash, a rocket and spacecraft middle close to Moscow which is a scientific subsidiary of house company Roscosmos. Kudryavtsev was arrested on a treason cost in 2018, suspected of transferring secret data to a Belgian institute. He died of lung most cancers in 2021, earlier than the case got here to trial.

Kovalyov, who labored with Kudryavtsev at TsNIIMash, was sentenced to seven years for treason in June 2020. He died of most cancers in 2022.

Lapygin was convicted of treason in 2016 and sentenced to seven years, however was freed early in 2020.