Stoyanov Ruslan Vladimirovich

In early December 2016, a criminal case of treason was opened in Moscow against Sergei Mikhailov, head of the operational department of the Center for Information Security (TsIB) of the FSB, and Ruslan Stoyanov, head of the computer incidents department at Kaspersky Lab." According to the investigation, the defendants passed information constituting a state secret to the United States. The men were placed in a pre-trial detention center during the investigation. On February 26, 2019, the Moscow Regional Military Court found both defendants guilty and sentenced Sergey Mikhailov to 22 years in a strict regime penal colony and a fine of 400 thousand. rubles, as well as deprived him of the rank of reserve colonel and state awards, Ruslan Stoyanov was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime colony and a fine of 150 thousand. rubles. On December 17, 2019, the Supreme Court of Russia considered the appeal and left the sentence in force, removing from Mikhailov the additional punishment of restriction of freedom.