Russian Nuclear Weapons Expert Found Guilty of Treason

Russian nuclear weapons expert Igor Sutyagin has been found guilty of treason after being accused of passing secrets to the United States and United Kingdom, Reuters reported yesterday from Moscow.

Sutyagin, an arms expert with the U.S.-Canada Institute in Moscow, could be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison, Reuters reported. Arrested in 1999, Sutyagin was accused of having passed states secrets concerning Russia’s nuclear forces to foreign intelligence agents working for the Alternative Futures consulting firm. Sutyagin’s lawyers, however, had argued that the information was in the public domain and that there was no proof that foreign intelligence agents worked for Alternative Futures (Reuters, April 5).

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