WithAfronov received 22 years in a strict regime colony, the defense appealed the verdict. The journalist did not admit his guilt and twice refused a deal with the investigation Ivan Safronov The Kremlin can state that the sentence of journalist Ivan Safronov is very harsh, but it cannot comment on the court’s decision, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on the RBC TV channel. “This is a verdict of the court, and I have no right to comment on it in any way. Yes, we can state that this is a very harsh sentence, I have nothing more to say on this topic,” he said. He added that the closed nature of the Safronov trial is due to the severity of the charges that were imputed to him. Video The Moscow City Court on the eve sentenced Ivan Safronov, who was found guilty of treason, to 22 years in a strict regime colony. The journalist did not admit guilt in treason and linked his persecution with professional activity. The court also appointed Safronov two years of restriction of freedom and a fine of 500 thousand rubles.
Lawyer Dmitry Katchev called the sentence inadequate. Another lawyer of the journalist, Daniil Nikiforov, said that he would appeal the verdict in the appellate instance.
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As lawyer Pavel Chikov explained, the sanction under Article 275 of the Criminal Code on treason provides for a maximum penalty of 20 years, but the court appointed Safronov more, since he is accused of two episodes. According to Chikov, the usual fork of terms for sentences in cases of treason was from six to nine years, whereas in the last five years sentences of up to 12–15 years have become frequent.
Safronov was detained on July 7, 2020, when he no longer worked as a journalist, but was an adviser to the head of Roscosmos. He was arrested on the same day. The investigation believes that Safronov collaborated with the special services of NATO countries, for which, in particular, he received $248 from political scientist Demuri Voronin (also accused of treason), lawyer Ivan Pavlov told RBC (recognized by the Ministry of Justice as a foreign agent). The second episode is connected with the Czech intelligence agent Martin Safronov’s friend named by the investigationLarish. He worked in Moscow from 2010 to 2012 as a correspondent for the newspaper Lidové noviny, and then created a news agency that distributed a security information digest by subscription. Safronov also provided materials for this newsletter, the journalist said in an interview with Kommersant. The journalist stressed that he had no access to state secrets and collected information only from open sources.
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