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Posted on 08/12/2021 8:56:25 PM PDT by blueplum
Alexander Kuranov is suspected of passing secret information to a foreign citizen
Russia has reportedly detained the head of a hypersonic technology research facility on suspicion of treason in the latest high-profile arrest targeting a senior scientist for allegedly selling state secrets.
Alexander Kuranov, 73, the general director of the St Petersburg-based Hypersonic System Research Institute (HSRI), was arrested in Moscow on Thursday. A Moscow court ruled he be held for two months in pre-trial detention.
Kuranov is an expert in hypersonic technology and oversaw work on a hypersonic aircraft concept called Ajax (or Ayaks), according to the facility’s website....
...That report noted “meetings and interactions with foreign citizens” relating to the Ajax programme. “Interest was demonstrated by representatives of the United States and China,” the agency said....
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
Interest was demonstrated by representatives of the United States and China,” ...... LOL, you can bet there was Chinese $$$$$ involved. Its always only a matter of price in regard to secrets.
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If the secrets were attained by the USA, the Russians would say so.
The fact that it’s not revealed, tells me it’s China.
Interesting...
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