Russian Hypersonics Expert Anatoly Maslov Sentenced to 14 Years for Treason

May 21, 2024, 11:40 AM

Elderly Russian physicist Anatoly Maslov has been sentenced to 14 years in a penal colony for treason. Maslov, a hypersonics expert, was convicted on Tuesday by a court in Saint Petersburg, according to a Reuters reporter. He was arrested in June 2022 and has been accused of leaking classified information related to his work on Russia's advanced missile program. This conviction is part of a series of cases against experts working on sensitive military technologies in Russia.