Moscow court upholds detention of alleged Ukrainian spy

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15:59 27/02/2018

MOSCOW, February 27 (RAPSI) – The Moscow City Court has upheld detention of the Ukrainian citizen Konstantin Davydenko charged with espionage directed against Russia, the court’s press-service has told RAPSI.

Davydenko is to stay in detention until April 11.

According to Russia’s Federal Security Service, Davydenko, who was arrested in Crimea, collected and transferred information on the work of the Federal National Guard Service, information classified as state secret, and information about security officers, to Ukraine’s intelligence services. Leakage of this information could cause damage to the national security, FSB stated.