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The Krasnoyarsk territorial court on Wednesday found guilty in high treason physicist Valentin Danilov and sentenced him to 14 years in a tough regime colony.
His lawyer Yelena Yevmenova told Itar-Tass that she “intends to prepare an appeal to the Supreme Court.”
The scientist is accused of high treason – disclosure of a state secret to representatives of another country (Article 275 of the Criminal Code) and swindling (Article 159 Part 3). The jury passed the guilty verdict to Danilov finding him guilty on two | Ads |  |
counts of the indictment. Basing on proofs the court confirmed that documents that Danilov sold to the Chinese side constituted a state secret.
The physicist was arrested in the beginning of 2001 and was put under recognizance since September 2003. The jury found the guilt of the defendant unproved on December 29, 2003 and acquitted him but the prosecutor’s office of the Krasnoyarsk territory appealed the verdict.
The Supreme Court vacated the acquittal verdict to Danilov on July 23 and sent the case for reconsideration with another composition of the jury.
KRASNOYARSK, November 24 (Itar-Tass)
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