Employee VEB was sentenced in the US to 2.5 years in prison – RBC

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An employee Vnesheconombank Eugene Buriakov sentenced in the US to 30 months in prison for participating in the spy network. As stated prosecutors, he was collecting economic information of special importance under the guise of bank

Deputy Representative of Vnesheconombank in US Buriakov Eugene, whose US accused of involvement in the spy ring, was sentenced to a prison term of 2.5 years, according to Reuters . It is this period – 30 months – previously called prosecutors and defense acceptable

In March of this year, VEB employee pleaded guilty that deliberately did not register as a foreign agent to conceal his true job as an operating agent. operating under the guise of a branch of the VEB in Manhattan. Its recognition Buriakov made in Manhattan federal court a month before the start of the process.

Prior to this, he denied the charges. Protection Buryakova explained that he could not register as a foreign agent, because the visa received as an employee of a financial institution owned by the Russian authorities.

Buriakov was arrested in January 2015. According to US prosecutors, the banker together with two Russian diplomats collect economic information of special importance to potential US sanctions against Russian banks and US achievements in the development of alternative energy sources in 2012-2015.

In this case, the prosecution argued, that the Russians had lied when obtaining a visa, stating that he would not engage in espionage activities.