На Ивана Сафронова ФСБ собрала 8 томов уголовного дела, его телефон прослушивали

Как уже сообщалось, сотрудники ФСБ России заявили, что обвиняют советника гендиректора госкорпорации «Роскосмос» Ивана Сафронова в работе на одну из стран НАТО. На первом заседании суда выяснилось, что Сафронова заподозрили в работе на чешскую разведку еще 8 лет назад.

Из Чехии все данные пересылались в Пентагон.

Сотрудники российской контрразведки не только знали об этих фактах, но активно сливали журналисту недостоверные документы. Сафронова использовали втемную: передавали ему дезинформацию, которую было необходимо донести на Запад в интересах России.

За журналистом следили очень давно: его телефон прослушивался, а переписка отслеживалась. За эти годы уголовное дело на Сафронова разбухло до 8 томов!

Возможно именно поэтому в «Роскосмосе» Сафронов не был допущен к секретным сведениям. Такое объяснение можно принять, если учитывать, что Сафронов попал работать в «Роскосмос» всего 4 недели назад после двух месяцев проверки, в которой участвовала и ФСБ.

В суде Сафронов сказал, что не чувствует за собой никакой вины и отказался от дачи показаний, сославшись на 51-ю статью Конституции.

По информации ряда источников задержанного также подозревают в том, что в 2017 году он сообщил чешским разведчикам о поставках российского оружия в Африку и Сирию. Мотивы этого будет изучать судья, который арестовал 30-летнего госслужащего на 2 месяца.

Гособвинитель из Генпрокуратуры поддержал обвинение и признал уголовное преследование госслужащего обоснованным.

Отметим, что на первом заседании судья поддержал требование следствия: судебный процесс будет пройдет за закрытыми дверями, так как материалы дела содержат секретные сведения, которые представляют гостайну.

Напомним, Сафронов успел поработать в газетах «Коммерсант» и «Ведомости». Его интересовала эксклюзивная информация на военную и космическую тематику.

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Суд арестовал советника гендиректора «Роскосмоса» Сафронова на два месяца.

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90000 Man opens fire near HQ of Russian intelligence in central Moscow, one FSB staff killed — RT Russia News 90001 90002 Gunfire has broken out near central Moscow’s Lubyanka Square in the immediate vicinity of the Federal Security Service building. The authorities said the gunman was neutralized and two FSB officers seriously injured. 90003 90002 The shooting occurred around 6pm local time right at the heart of Russia’s capital on a street leading to the square and the iconic FSB building and some 10 minutes on foot from the Kremlin.90003 90002 Gunfire can be heard in several videos from the scene circulating on social media. The footage also shows multiple law enforcement officers in full gear and ambulances. 90003 90002 It still remains unclear what exactly happened. The shooting reportedly started near FSB’s public office on Bolshaya Lubyanka street. The security services only confirmed that a gunman was neutralized and Russia’s Health Ministry said two FSB operatives received serious wounds during the shooting. 90003 90002 One video clip on social media showed a person running onto the street and falling down, while in another several people can be seen lying on the ground with others trying to give them first aid.90003 90002 The area is popular with Moscow citizens and tourists for its restaurants, high-end shops and various attractions for the holidays. Civilians have apparently not deemed the incident to be too serious, as footage from the scene shows them casually strolling past crouching law enforcement officers armed with assault rifles and peeking out of cafe windows. 90003 90002 90015 «Very many shots were fired. I can not tell how many, but very many, «90016 eyewitness Vladimir Adyasov told RT.90015 «[The gunfire] lasted about a minute and a half. The situation was very dangerous. » 90016 90003 90002 Police can be heard in the videos urging people to leave the area, while public transportation was rerouted. The shooting triggered a large law enforcement response; armed police, as well as the FSB’s own special forces, were swiftly dispatched to the scene. 90003 90002 The incident took place a day before the one when Russia commemorates the security services (FSB) and after President Vladimir Putin finished his annual press conference, although there’s no official confirmation that the shooting may be connected to any of the events.90003 90002 90025 90015 Like this story? Share it with a friend! 90016 90028 90003.90000 FSB wants Russian internet communications to be recorded — RT World News 90001 90002 Russia’s Communications Ministry, in cooperation with security services, is finalizing a directive obliging internet providers to record private internet communications. 90003 90002 However, unwilling to bear unanticipated expenses, internet providers are citing constitutional freedoms. 90005 90003 90002 According to Kommersant daily, the new directive has been in development for over six months, in close cooperation with the Federal Security Service (FSB).90003 90002 The major innovation of the new directive is that it would require internet providers to record constantly the last 12 hours or more of traffic coming through their servers, starting from July 1, 2014. This would allow the FSB secret service to control phone numbers, IPs, register entries, e-mails of social networks users etc. 90003 90002 Kommersant Daily has obtained a letter from Russia’s communications giant, Vympelkom, to the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media.The letter signed by Aleksey Rokotyan, Vympelkom’s Director of analytical support and liaison with governmental bodies, maintains that the directive contradicts articles 23, 24 and 25 of the Russian constitution, which guarantee secrecy of communications and prevents collection and recording of private information, unless ruled otherwise by a court. 90003 90002 The letter also mentions the provider’s concern with the additional expenses it would have to bear if the directive comes into force.90003 90002 Actually, all major providers are already closely cooperating with the FSB and have their servers connected to FSB’s web monitoring facilities. But recording terabytes of dataflow is an expensive activity requiring additional data storage installation; some minor providers would simply be unable to sustain this financially. 90003 90002 So far providers have had to connect their servers to FSB lines at their own expense, Kommersant Daily reports. 90005 According to another Kommersant’s source, Vympelkom estimates that $ 100 million of additional investment will be needed to comply with the upcoming law, whereas according to the same source another Russian IT major, MTS, estimates its extra expenses caused by the law will be a much less — 300 million rubles (less than $ 10m).90003 90002 So the question now is whether the government is ready to finance the undertaking from the budget, paying for millions of dollars ‘ worth of equipment needed. 90003 90002 Russia’s Ministry of Communications and Mass Media said that the new directive 90023 «principally adds nothing new to the work of internet providers «90024. Most of them have already been working with security authorities closely since 2008, when obligatory connection of servers ‘dataflow to the FSB’s Operational-Investigative System was introduced.90003 90002 The Ministry’s press-service stressed that the new directive only specifies the technical aspects of the FSB’s internet data use and does not circumvent the necessity of a court ruling to get access to private data. 90003 90002 90023 «The system is not a threat to a law abiding citizen, it only brings additional security, «90024 the Ministry says. 90003 90002 90023 «Operators would only be obliged to install the necessary equipment and ensure FSB’s access to the data.Operators themselves would not have access to the data processed on that equipment, being performed in accordance with the law, within the framework of the operational-investigative activities, «90024 the Ministry maintains. 90003 90002 Russian lawmakers gave an assurance that honest citizens have nothing to fear. 90003 90002 90023 «If someone does not know, as of today (internet) operators are actively and voluntarily cooperating with special services, because no company, I hope, no citizen is interested in concealing information that may lead to the identification of a perpetrator and bring him to responsibility [sic], «90024 vice-speaker, Sergey Zheleznyak, told the RIA news agency.Mr Zheleznyak oversees information technologies in the Russia’s parliament. The MP also noted that the introduction of the new directive is prompted by the fast development of the IT sphere. 90003 90002 The Chairman of the Senate’s Defense and Security Committee, Viktor Ozerov, commented to RIA on the matter, saying that if the FSB is investigating terror acts and crimes threatening national security, he sees 90023 «nothing tragic» 90024 in special services having access to internet dataflow.The Senator pointed out that if police can, in certain cases, enter a private dwelling without a court’s ruling, why can not special services have a right to access the servers of internet providers. 90003 90002 90023 «We always talk about human rights when it comes to us personally, but when serious security matters emerge, people tend to blame special services for bad work, «90024 the Senator added. 90003 90002 There is nothing wrong with controlling the internet as long as the information is restricted for use strictly within the special services, Russian MP Aleksandr Khinshtein commented on the news.90003 90002 90023 «If a person visits a normal, lawful website, what should he be afraid or ashamed of? » 90024 Khinshtein said, stressing though that there must be 90023 «certain controllability» 90024 of the internet overseeing process. 90003 90002 The leader of the Fair Russia party, Sergey Mironov, has spoken against the directive, saying that if Kommersant’s information is correct, this is a direct violation of the Russian constitution. 90003 90002 At the same time, Mironov noted that he would like to get acquainted with the document personally, saying that 90023 «the publication, honestly speaking, looks strange and raises very big questions.»90024 90003 90002 Last week the Russian government also announced the preparation of a bill allowing the FSB to take measures against hackers who threaten the country’s information systems. 90003 90066 Kremlin regaining control over Russian internet 90067 90002 Russian lawmakers started preparing new legislation empowering the FSB with new powers, following President Vladimir Putin’s directive to ensure tighter national control over the Russian segment of the World Wide Web.90003 90002 Speaking at an expanded session of the FSB counterintelligence service in February, President Putin declared that 90023 «nobody has a right to sow hatred and rock society and the country, thus jeopardizing the life, wellbeing and peace of millions of our citizens, «90024 stressing that extremist and terrorist groups use the internet for disseminating their messages. 90003 90002 The Russian president urged the prevention of people, in particularly younger members of society from 90023 «being dragged into terrorist groups and militant gangs «.90024 90003 90002 90023 «We should act resolutely to break up the different types of extremist structures, and thwart the attempts of extremists to use the capabilities of modern information technologies, Internet resources and social networks for their propaganda, «90024 stipulated Vladimir Putin, demanding the development of a uniform system that will be able to 90023 «detect, prevent and repel» 90024 computer attacks against Russia’s information resources 90023 «as promptly as possible «.90024 90003 90002 However, these 90023 «well-planned special operations» 90024 must be implemented with 90023 «perfectly legal and judical transparency, «90024 said Putin back in February. 90005 90003.90000 Why the FSB Is Shutting Down Concerts and Tailing Musicians 90001 90002 Unannounced fire safety inspections. Last-minute bomb threats. Pressured club owners. These are just some of the measures the IC3PEAK techno group says the authorities have used to cancel their concerts over the past week since the start of their month-long tour around Russia. 90003 90004 90002 In one instance, the Moscow-based group says they were even told directly to leave town.90004 90002 After three attempts to hold a concert in the Urals city of Perm on Tuesday were thwarted, the musicians say that members of the Federal Security Service (FSB) demanded they leave. The musicians refused but, they say, security officers tailed them until they left by train the next morning. 90004 90002 «They’re treating us as if we are some kind of criminals,» Nastya Kreslina, a member of the group, said in a joint phone interview on Thursday with her bandmate Nikolai Kostylev. 90004 90002 The musicians spoke to The Moscow Times from Yekaterinburg, another Urals city where they were scheduled to perform as part of the next stop on their tour.They were waiting to find out from local police if their concert would be allowed to go ahead as planned that evening. Two of the upcoming stops on their tour had already been canceled. 90004 90002 Kreslina and Kostylev, who said they are in their 20s but would not give their exact ages, have not officially been charged with any crimes. But they have been caught up in an increasing wave of restrictions against musicians in Russia, including concert cancellations and bans on music videos and songs over indecent lyrics and alleged extremism.90004 90002 The restrictions have affected artists across a range of genres, including some of Russia’s most popular artists: Allj, whose 2017 hit «Pink Wine» has been viewed over 176 million times on YouTube, and pop star Monetochka, whose last album took Russia by storm this summer. Other affected artists include the rappers Matrang, Jah Kahlib and HammAli & Navai, as well as the pop-punk group Friendzona. 90004 90002 One popular rapper, Husky, even ended up in prison last Thursday. He had climbed atop a car parked outside a concert venue after a show he had been scheduled to hold was abruptly canceled without explanation and performed for his fans.The punishment: 12 days behind bars for hooliganism and refusing to take a drug test. 90004 90002 The view of musicians as having a negative influence on society is not new in Russia: Local officials and law enforcement, backed by vigilante and parents groups that support traditional values, have long gone after artists that they believe promote narcotics, sex, suicide or other social ills. 90004 90002 But experts say that the recent wave that has swept across the country, particularly over the past weeks, stands out.90004 90002 «This always happened from time to time, but the number of stories coming out this month is unique,» says Alexander Gorbachev, who covers the music scene for the Meduza news outlet. «Every day another artist is targeted.» 90004 90002 In a phone interview, David Shelter, a Perm-based club promoter who worked with IC3PEAK when they visited, described the fall tour season that started in September as «very strange.» Police have called Shelter in for questionings about IC3PEAK, Friendzona and Husky this month, and he was even paid a visit by Alexander Kosenkov, the head of a district in Perm, several days before IC3PEAK’s scheduled show, Shelter says.90004 90002 «He said, ‘We do not recommend that you hold this concert. They have suspicious lyrics, ‘ «Shelter, 28, recalled. «I am a law-abiding person. If it was illegal to promote these groups, then I would not have. » 90004 90002 «But I have never been shown any documentation that would stop me from doing so,» he added. 90004 90002 Pavel Chikov, the director of the Agora international human rights group that has advised many of the affected musicians, says that local law enforcement officials rarely provide evidence to back up any illegal activity.Chikov has claimed that the FSB headquarters in Moscow has a «blacklist» of musicians «whose concerts are to be banned in Russia’s regions.» 90004 90002 The FSB did not respond to a request for comment for this story. 90004 news 90035 Russian Rappers Hold Solidarity Concert for Detained Musician, Blast Censorship 90036 Read more 90002 Alexander Verkhovsky, the director of the Moscow-based SOVA Center which tracks extremism, says the FSB and the «Center E» counter-extremism police unit have increasingly taken a «preventative approach» this year.90004 90002 «They have widened their scope to try to stop anything that could radicalize the youth,» Verkhovsky said. 90004 90002 In an interview, Chikov said that he could not offer «additional details about the blacklist at this time.» He did, however, note that two attacks carried out by teenage assailants in October — on a school in Crimea and an FSB building in the city of Arkhangelsk — had lit a fire under Russia’s security services in their drive to clamp down on potential extremism. 90004 90002 According to Chikov, part of that work has been figuring out «where [the youth] go, what they’re interested in, what they watch, what they listen to and who their leaders are.»90004 90002 When opposition politician Alexei Navalny drew thousands of youth to street protests in March 2017, Chikov says the authorities were taken by surprise and realized they did not have a handle on the new generation. Since then, he says, they have been scrambling to catch up. 90004 90002 On Thursday, the Znak news website reported that the FSB and the extremism unit were now zeroing in on music. Based on sources close to President Vladimir Putin’s administration, the report claimed that, after the October attacks, the security agencies started tracking which artists young people follow on social media and which songs they post on their pages.90004 90002 Yury Saprykin, a cultural commentator, says they would have found musicians that are very young, have only burst onto the scene recently and are widely popular. «So, of course, all teenagers are listening to these artists, whether the teenagers are extremist or not,» he said. 90004 90002 The wide-sweeping approach the authorities have taken reminds music critic Artemy Troitsky of the perestroika period of the Soviet Union in the 1980s, when rock concerts were mostly banned over fears that they would corrupt the youth.90004 news 90035 Will Russia Stop Arresting Its Citizens For Posting Memes? 90036 Read more 90002 Troitsky believes the approach will backfire. «Most of these musicians are not even close to politics,» he said. «While some of them are, others have begun to follow in their stead, and I think that now it may start becoming the trend, just like during the Soviet period.»90004 90002 This week, there were hints that the trend may be taking hold. 90004 90002 On Monday, one of the country’s most popular rap stars, Oxxxymiron, along with fellow stars Noize MC and Basta, organized a concert in support of Husky. The concert, attended by Navalny, raised around 6 million rubles ($ 90,000) to help cover the funds that Husky had lost as a result of the concerts he was forced to cancel after his detention. 90004 90002 But Husky announced that he would not be keeping the money for himself.Instead, he said that the funds would go to Agora, the liberal Open Russia movement, the Pussy Riot-funded Mediazona news site and musicians facing the cancellation of their own concerts, including IC3PEAK. 90004 90002 If orders to ban certain musicians are coming from the top, not everyone seems to be pleased. 90004 90002 On Thursday, Sergei Naryshkin, the head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) and chairman of Russia’s Organizing Committee for the support of Literature, Book Publishing and Reading, seemed to have offered an olive branch when he proposed that the Culture Ministry establish grant programs to support local rappers.90004 90002 And earlier this week, several members of the Putin administration were reportedly heated when they found out about Husky’s arrest and demanded that he be released earlier — which he was, on Monday. 90004 90002 For their part, the IC3PEAK duo said they were determined to continue their tour, despite the prospect of more canceled shows. «Censorship will win if we do not go to the end,» Kostylev said. 90004 90002 His bandmate Kreslina added: «Our example will be important for others.We were not the first, and we will not be the last. » 90004 .