Ex-Communist Party Lawmaker in Murmansk Accused of Passing Sensitive Information to Ukraine
The FSB says he collected regional government and engineering documents for Ukrainian military intelligence and was ordered held in pretrial detention.
- Gennady Stepakhno, former deputy speaker of the Murmansk Regional Duma, faces treason charges under investigation by Russia's Federal Security Service for allegedly collecting and sharing sensitive regional documents.
- The FSB claims Stepakhno used his legislative position to collect data on engineering facilities and pass information to Ukrainian military intelligence, believing the material could undermine Russia's security.
- Sources cited by Arktichesky Obozrevatel report the investigation began after Stepakhno told a relative abroad about a pharmaceutical plant involving India, while the FSB described him as "An opponent of the."
- A court ordered Stepakhno, 76, held in pretrial detention, though his detention only became public on October 9.
- Stepakhno served four terms in the Murmansk Regional Duma from 2007 to 2026 as Communist Party faction leader and did not return for the legislature's current term.
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Ex-Communist Party Lawmaker in Murmansk Accused of Passing Sensitive Information to Ukraine
A former regional lawmaker and head of the Murmansk chapter of Russia’s Communist Party is facing treason charges following his arrest earlier this month, Russian media reported Thursday, citing the FSB security service.
The former deputy chairman of the Murmansk Regional Duma was arrested in the case of treason
The former deputy chairman of the Murmansk Regional Duma was arrested in the case of treason.Gennady Stepakhno was detained in early October, and today it became known that the accused was arrested for two months and sent to jail.According...
The former Vice-President of the Murmansk Regional Duma, Gennady Stepahno, became a figure in the criminal case of treason and reported to the Press Service of the Russian Federation's Regional Office. "The person in question, as an opponent of a special military operation in Ukraine, carried out an assignment received from the Ukrainian side, providing for the collection, using his official position, and the transfer of documents entrusted to h…
Russia opens treason case against 76-year-old former Communist faction leader over alleged Ukrainian intelligence ties
Gennady Stepakhno, a former deputy speaker of the Murmansk Regional Duma, is under criminal investigation for treason, the regional branch of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said.
The FSB filed a criminal case against Gennady Stepahno, a 76-year-old former vice-president of the Murman region's Dom, from the CLCF, about the state...
The former Vice-President of the Murmansk Regional Duma of the seventh meeting, Gennady Stepahno, was detained on charges of treason because of the transmission of classified information to Ukrainian intelligence services, and informed the Regional Office of the Federal Security Bureau. "The Russian Federal Office for the Murmansk Region, as a result of its operational and investigative activities, has cut off the illegal activities of a Russian…
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