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Russian jailed for selling missile secrets to CIA
Source: BBC
10 February 2012 Last updated at 12:28 GMT
Russian jailed for selling missile secrets to CIA
An engineer at Russia's Plesetsk space station has been jailed for 13 years after being convicted of selling missile test data to the CIA.
Lt-Col Vladimir Nesterets, a senior test engineer at the station, was convicted of treason, Russia's FSB secret police announced.
He admitted passing on information about tests involving Russia's latest strategic missiles, it said.
Russia's missile programme has recently been hit by apparent design faults.
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Russian jailed for selling missile secrets to CIA
An engineer at Russia's Plesetsk space station has been jailed for 13 years after being convicted of selling missile test data to the CIA.
Lt-Col Vladimir Nesterets, a senior test engineer at the station, was convicted of treason, Russia's FSB secret police announced.
He admitted passing on information about tests involving Russia's latest strategic missiles, it said.
Russia's missile programme has recently been hit by apparent design faults.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16982995
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