Moscow Court Sentences 47-Year-Old IT Specialist to 13.5 Years for Treason, CIA Spying

Oct 29, 2024, 09:07 AM

The Moscow City Court has sentenced 47-year-old Firuz Dadaboev, an IT specialist with dual citizenship, to 13.5 years in a high-security penal colony for state treason. The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) reported that Dadaboev was found guilty of attempting to pass classified information to the CIA. He was arrested in October 2022. Dadaboev, who previously worked as a technical support employee at Moscow's Domodedovo airport, was accused of spying for the United States.