Evgeny Chistov was found guilty in Moscow regional court of state treason according to the FSB statement.
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It said the secrets concerned the work of Russia’s interior ministry and that Chistov had fully admitted his guilt during court hearings.
“Being recruited by the U.S. intelligence service and fulfilling its tasks, he was gathering information available to him for three years, including state secrets, and leaking it overseas for monetary reward”, the FSB said.
“It was established that in 2011, when he served at the Russian Interior Ministry, E.A. Chistov established contact with US Central Intelligence Agency, acting on his own initiative and out of self interest”, the FSB said in a statement.
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The FSB’s press center said on November 12 that Yevgeny Chistov, who worked for the Interior Ministry’s branch for the Moscow region, was sentenced to 13 years in prison. Both countries have taken on a more Cold War-era stance in light of Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine in March 2014 and its continued involvement in the east Ukraine war that has seen Moscow building up significant military forces along the Eastern European front between Russian Federation and Europe.
