Despite Moscow and Beijing’s cultivation of friendship in recent years, there’s still competition between the two powers. The arrest of the president of Russia’s Arctic Academy of Sciences on treason charges serves as a reminder.
Valery Mitko, 78, is currently under house arrest, accused of selling classified information on submarines to China. His lawyer Ivan Pavlov explained that he was first detained in February, and a June 5 court decision prolonged his confinement until October. Mitko faces up to 20-years in prison, if found guilty.
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