For the first time, Russia jails suspect accused of new ‘aiding the enemy’ offense

Espionage Light. Russia makes first arrest under law punishing “aiding the enemy”

A Moscow court has, for the first time, jailed a man under a sweeping new law criminalising “aiding the enemy”, a charge introduced by the Kremlin late last year as part of a broad...

For the first time, Russia jails suspect accused of new ‘aiding the enemy’ offense

Journalists at Mediazona have reported the first known jailing in Russia of a suspect charged with violating a new law against “aiding the enemy.” Records show that Moscow’s Lefortovo District Court sent a defendant named Demidenko to a pretrial detention center pending trial.