Amid Putin’s war in Ukraine, another incident of alleged treason in Russia has rattled Moscow.
Alexander Shiplyuk, one of Russia’s top hypersonic missile scientists, has been arrested for treason in Siberia.
Reports claim Shiplyuk was working on Putin’s top-secret hypersonic missiles when he was arrested.
Shiplyuk is the third top Russian scientist from Novosibirsk to be arrested in the past six weeks.
Are Russian scientists leaking Putin’s secrets?
Treason or paranoia, what’s behind the arrests?
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