Russian nuclear expert guilty of spying

A Russian nuclear weapons expert accused of passing nuclear submarine secrets to the United States and Britain has been found…

A Russian nuclear weapons expert accused of passing nuclear submarine secrets to the United States and Britain has been found guilty of treason.

Dr Igor Sutyagin, an arms expert from Moscow's respected USA-Canada Institute, could received a jail term of up to 20 years from the judge in the Moscow court, who has yet to pass sentence.

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