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Moldovan citizen detained in Russia for alleged assassination plot on serviceman
TASS English·MD · RU · UA·about 17 hours ago
A Russian court sentenced Nikolai Shcherbakov to 14 years for treason, marking the first known conviction for photographing soldiers' graves and sending them to Ukrainian intelligence. The case signals an expansion of Russia's treason enforcement to include non-traditional espionage acts, reflecting heightened domestic security crackdowns amid the ongoing conflict.