Fedotkin Dmitry

Fedotkin Dmitry

Biography

2020: Arrest

Dmitry Fedotkin was arrested in November 2020. As the source RIA Novosti reported, "" he was suspected of being transferred to secret information intelligence services. Great Britain According to data to a source TASS close to the investigating authorities, Fedotkin is suspected of "transmitting secret information about the socio-political situation in the Russian Federation to the British intelligence service." The interlocutor noted that he did not have access to state secrets by the nature of his activities. The state agency clarified that Fedotkin did not admit guilt.

Fedotkin worked at Aeroflot for more than 16 years. On the Facebook page (owned by Meta, recognized as extremist and banned in Russia), he indicated that in November 2020 he held the position of country manager at the airline's representative office in the UK.

2022:13 years in prison in the case of treason

In mid-November 2022, it became known that the former representative of Aeroflot in the UK, Russian Dmitry Fedotkin, received 13 years in a maximum security colony in the case of treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). He will also have to pay a fine of 300 thousand rubles. The process took place behind closed doors, since the materials of the criminal case are classified. The investigation did not comment.

Treason consists in espionage, issuing state secrets to a foreign country, switching to the side of the enemy, etc. According to the legislation in force by November 2022, the defendants under this article face from 12 to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to 500 thousand rubles.

Fedotkin pleaded not guilty and appealed the verdict. But the First Court of Appeal agreed with the lower court's findings and the verdict went into effect.^[1]

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