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France's Citizen Admits Collecting Military Data in Russia

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Laurent Vinatier, a researcher with a Swiss conflict mediation NGO, was arrested in Russia in June and pleaded guilty to charges related to illegally collecting information. According to reports, he breached Russia's "foreign agents" law by failing to register as a foreign agent during questioning. This offense is punishable by up to five years in prison under Russian law.

  1. RU
    Investigative Committee of Russia
    1. During the interrogation, he admitted his guilt in full.
    2. A linguistic forensic examination has been scheduled based on audio recordings of these meetings.
  2. Swiss Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
    1. In the course of HD's activities as an impartial and independent mediation organisation, our people work around the world and routinely meet with a wide range of officials, experts and other parties with the aim of advancing efforts to prevent, mitigate and resolve armed conflict.

Russia-France Relations

  1. Russia detains French national accused of military espionage

sources

  1. 1.CNA News
  2. 2.Al Jazeera
  3. 3.CTV News
  4. 4.Interfax
  5. 5.TASS
  6. 6.Wall Street Journal

perspectives

  1. 1.Russian Foreign Policy
  2. 2.EU-Russia Relations
  3. 3.French Foreign Policy
  4. 4.Espionage

countries

  1. 1.SwitzerlandCH
  2. 2.FranceFR
  3. 3.Russian FederationRU
  4. 4.UkraineUA

organizations

  1. 1.Krem­linRU
  2. 2.Russian Federal Security ServiceRU
  3. 3.Swiss Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
  4. 4.Investigative Committee of RussiaRU

persons

  1. 1.Laurent VinatierFR
  2. 2.Alsu KurmashevaRU
  3. 3.Emmanuel MacronFR
  4. 4.Evan Gershkovich
  5. 5.Ksenia Pavlovna Karelina
  6. 6.Paul Whelan

technicals

  1. 1.Cold War
  2. 2.Soviet Union
France's Citizen Admits Collecting Military Data in Russia