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PoliticsRussia opens treason investigation into former Communist faction leader

Russia’s FSB says former Murmansk Regional Duma deputy speaker Gennady Stepakhno is being investigated for treason. The agency alleges the 76-year-old collected information on regional government work and engineering facilities and passed it to Ukrainian military intelligence. A court has ordered him held in pretrial detention.

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MMeduza★★★☆☆2026-10-29 18:16Original

Russia opens treason investigation into former Communist faction leader
Russia opens treason investigation into former Communist faction leaderPolitics