FSB officers detained Maxim Zotov, a resident of the city of Zarechny, Penza Region, suspected of treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code). This is reported by Kommersant and the SHOT telegram channel.
According to the security forces, in 2022, a man passed secret information about the Russian military to representatives of the SBU via social networks. According to Kommersant, Zotov was sent to a pre-trial detention center. It is not known which court ordered the arrest.
The publication also reports that earlier the man was prosecuted in cases of threats to kill security officials (Article 296 of the Criminal Code) and of knowingly false denunciation (Article 306 of the Criminal Code).