A Russian scientist has recently been detained in Siberia for allegedly passing technology to China, Russian media reported on Thursday.
Alexander Lukanin, a 64-year-old scientist from the Siberian city of Tomsk, was detained on Tuesday after returning from China were he had been working at a local university, according to MBKh Media, a news outlet founded by Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
Lukanin’s apartment was also raided by the FSB security service, MBKh Media reported, citing one of the scientist’s friends.
Under Russian law, illegally transferring technology to a foreign country can lead to up to three years in prison.
Interfax news agency quoted a source as saying Lukanin had been detained for allegedly passing technology to China but that he was not being accused of passing state secrets, something that could carry a heavier prison term.
