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Andrei Pirogov

A 60-year-old Ukrainian citizen, an electrician living in Podolsk, has been arrested on espionage charges. Before his criminal arrest, he was subjected to 'carousel arrests' involving 11 administrative charges for minor offenses.

LAST UPDATED · SEP 10, 2026

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Russia · Art. 207.3 · military "fakes"
Russia · Art. 280.3 · "discrediting" the army
Russia · Art. 205.2 · justification of terrorism
Russia · Art. 275 · high treason
Russia · Art. 275.1 · confidential cooperation with a foreign state
Russia · Art. 205.5 · participation in a terrorist organization
Russia · Art. 282.2 · participation in an extremist organization
Russia · Art. 280 · calls to extremism
Russia · Art. 354.1 · rehabilitation of Nazism
Russia · Art. 205 · terrorist act
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