Stoyanov Ruslan

Stoyanov Ruslan

2006

Until 2006, Ruslan Stoyanov worked in the department of special technical measures of the Moscow police department (management "K").

2017: Arrest in high treason case

On January 25, 2017, it became known about the detention of top manager of Kaspersky Lab Ruslan Stoyanov. He was arrested in the framework of the case of high treason, writes Kommersant, citing its sources.

According to the publication, the head of the cybercrime investigation department of Kaspersky Lab, Ruslan Stoyanov, was arrested at the end of December 2016 and placed in the Lefortovo pre-trial detention center.

Ruslan Stoyanov, Head of Computer Incidents at Kaspersky Lab

The arrest may be related to an investigation into one of the deputy heads of the information security center (CIB) of the FSBSergey Mikhailov, who is suspected of receiving money from a foreign organization through the mediation of an employee of a Russian company in the field of information security. The name of this company has not been announced. The investigation is underway on suspicion of violating Article 275 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("High treason").

Kommersant reports that, among other things, the relationships of the CIB with private companies that collaborated with the unit in conducting cybercrime examinations are being checked.

Since 2013, the Kaspersky Lab Computer Incident Investigation Department has helped the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs analyze cybercrimes, and has also been involved in expert support of criminal cases in the field of cybersecurity.

The interlocutors of the publication call Mikhailov one of the key employees of the CIB, which "in fact, oversees the entire Internet business in the country."

This person, in my opinion, largely informally determines the policy of the entire cybersecurity and Internet commerce industry, - said Pavel Vrublevsky, a longtime acquaintance of Mikhailov, founder of the Chronopay payment system.

On his Facebook page, Pavel Vrublevsky wrote that at one time Sergei Mikhailov opened a case against ChronoPay about a DDoS attack on Aeroflot, and Ruslan Stoyanov then made an examination on that case.^[1]

The press service of Kaspersky Lab confirmed the arrest, but noted that the investigation is being conducted against a private person who is not related to the company.^[2]

2019

The prosecutor requested 20 years in prison for treason

On February 20, 2019, it became known that the prosecutor demanded the maximum terms for the ex-head of the operational management department of the Colonel Center information security FSB Sergey Mikhailov and the former head of the computer incident department Kaspersky Lab of the Kaspersky Lab, Ruslan Stoyanov, who are accused state of treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code). More. here

Conviction for 14 years of strict regime

On February 26, 2019, the court sentenced former FSB officer Sergei Mikhailov and former Kaspersky Lab employee Ruslan Stoyanov to 22 and 14 years in a strict regime in a treason case. Both persons involved in the case were found guilty of transferring work information to the US special services.

Former FSB officer Sergei Mikhailov and former Kaspersky Lab employee Ruslan Stoyanov (right) received large sentences in the high treason case.

The decision was made by the Moscow District Military Court - the verdict was made by three judges headed by Vladimir Maurin, RBC reports. Mikhailov was also stripped of the rank of colonel of the reserve and the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 1st degree. Recall that the trial was closed from the press, and the criminal case was classified.

Mikhailov's defender Ruslan Golenkov noted in an interview with the BBC Russian Service that the prosecution demanded 23 years in prison for his client. Stoyanov's lawyer Alexander Gusak said that his client declared himself in the last word a true patriot of Russia, without pleading guilty to treason. Mikhailov also acted, says his lawyer^[3].

Charge of forcing bank accounts to be hacked

On September 20, 2019, it became known that hacker Dmitry Popelysh, who, together with his twin brother Yevgeny, is accused of stealing more than 12 million rubles from bank clients, accused former Kaspersky Lab employee Ruslan Stoyanov of forcing bank accounts to be hacked. Read more here.

Notes