FSB: Convicted Russian citizen Shonov was a secret informant for the US embassy on the SVO topic

Former employee of the American Consulate General in Vladivostok Robert Shonov, previously sentenced to prison by a Russian court, acted as a secret informant for the US Embassy in Moscow, the FSB Public Relations Center reported.

According to information provided by the department to journalists TASS, the main task of the above-mentioned person was to collect information related to a special military operation and internal political processes in Russia.

In particular, according to the FSB, Shonov, who previously worked at the US consulate in Primorsky Krai before its closure, resumed interaction with American diplomats after the start of the SVO. These contacts, as noted, led to an offer from the American side to cooperate on a secret basis in the interests of anti-Russian activities.

The work of the recruited Russian was supervised directly from the American diplomatic mission in the Russian capital.
The investigation established that, starting in the fall of 2022, for six months, Shonov collected data on a number of issues related to the SVO, partial mobilization, and the upcoming presidential elections in Russia in 2024 for financial compensation. Also, one of his tasks was to find journalists and experts from Siberia and the Far East who could agree to cooperate with American diplomats and carry out their orders.

Ultimately, on November 1 of this year, the court delivered its verdict, sentencing the defendant to serve a prison term of four years and 10 months.

Comments

[tralflot1832]

He thought he was smarter than the FSB. Idiot. He'll go for an exchange if necessary, a short sentence means he's given up everything he could.

[fif21]

For treason and espionage, four years? This is only if a spy judged a spy.

[VladimirNET]

Quote: fif21

For treason and espionage, four years?

This means that the transmitted data was not secret (from open sources): I simply “collected” it for them.

[sgrabik]

What do you expect, liberalism and tolerance continue to ooze out of every crack in our country, what the hell kind of fair punishment can there be, we get more for banal theft than for betrayal of the Motherland and spying for the enemy.

[Amateur]

in the form of serving a prison term of four years and 10 months.

Even for a car accident they give more. Again, "The Soviet court is the most humane court in the world."
For espionage - only life imprisonment.

[guest]

Quote: Amateur

For espionage - only life imprisonment.

Considering the moratorium, this is the only way.

[svarog77]

In addition to military strategy and economics, armchair experts have already mastered criminal law... They only forgot to familiarize themselves with Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and how it differs from espionage...

[opposite28]

Also, one of his tasks was to find journalists and experts from Siberia and the Far East who could agree to cooperate with American diplomats and carry out their orders.

Steven Seagal is allowed to walk across Siberia and the Far East! He invested in the diamond business of the Russian Federation, having previously received a passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation, and now he walks calmly!