INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
state mediareported Tuesday.Dmitry Fedotkin, an Aeroflot country and station manager in London since 2012,faced a maximum sentence of 20
years when he was arrested in November 2020
He has maintained his innocence.The Moscow City Court found Fedotkin guilty of high treason and sentenced him to 13 years in a
maximum-security penal colony, according to the state-run RIA Novosti news agency.Fedotkin was also fined 300,000 rubles ($5,000).The
sentence originally handed down on Aug
13 was not made public for three months, RIA Novosti reported.The court reportedly rejected his appeal on Nov
2, meaning the jail sentence went into effect two weeks ago.The trial was held behind closed doors and details of the criminal case were not
and other figures who have been charged or imprisoned for treason in recent years.
