Russian national charged with treason to stay in detention until April 29

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15:40 30/01/2018

MOSCOW, January 30 (RAPSI) – The Lefortovsky District Court of Moscow has extended the detention of Alexey Zhitnyuk, charged with treason for transferring information about Russian navy to a Norwegian citizen, until April 29, the press-service of the court told RAPSI on Tuesday.

According to media reports, Zhitnyuk was arrested during a special operation.

Another defendant in the case is Frode Berg, a citizen of Norway suspected by the Russian authorities of espionage.