FSB colonel Valentin Shabaturov sentenced to 12 years for espionage

On March 31, 2007 a Moscow military court has sentenced a retired colonel of the Russian army, Valentin Shabaturov to 12 years in prison for spying.

During one of his foreign trips in 1999, Colonel Valentin Shabaturov was approached by a foreign intelligence agent who solicited secret information from him.
 
After his retirement, Valentin Shabaturov kept contacts with his former colleagues, from whom he allegedly received information and then transferred it to the foreign intelligence agents.
 
Former colonel Shabaturov co-operated with this service for at least 7 years until he was arrested by the Federal Security Service at Moscow Sheremetevo Airport in March 2006.


“The defendant actively cooperated with a foreign intelligence service for seven years, from 1999 to 2006,” the verdict said. “He revealed state secrets, causing substantial damage to Russia’s national security.

As a motive, Mr Shabaturov stated money and said that during the years of this co-operation he received some $ US 60,000 and some 6,000 euros, getting at least $US 10,000 for every encounter with foreign agents and providing information.
 

Prosecutors asked for 14 years for Valentin Shabaturov, but the court has given him the shortest term possible after he pleaded guilty to the charges.

Agentura.Ru March 16, 2011