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The Lefortovo court of Moscow sent the general director, chief designer of the Scientific Research Enterprise of Hypersonic Systems (NIPGS), who was detained as part of the investigation of a criminal case of high treason, to a pre-trial detention center for two months. TASS was informed about this in court.

“By the decision of the Lefortovo court of Moscow against Kuranov, suspected of committing a crime under Article 275 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, a preventive measure was chosen in the form of imprisonment for a period of 1 month 28 days, that is, until October 9, 2021,” said the agency’s interlocutor.

As a law enforcement source clarified to TASS, before the arrest of Kuranov, FSB investigators conducted searches of the scientist’s residence and stay in St. Petersburg and escorted him to Moscow to choose a preventive measure. According to the interlocutor of the agency, Kuranov is suspected of transferring scientific developments to foreign special services.

The FSB has not yet formally charged Kuranov.