Russian prosecutors have charged a distinguished scientist with treason after accusing him of passing classified information to China, his lawyer said
Valery Mitko, president of the prestigious Arctic Civic Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, was arrested in February on the grounds of “treason in the form of espionage,” his lawyer Ivan Pavlov said Monday.
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