Anatoly Maslov, Alexandr Shiplyuk and Valery Zvegintsev face 'very serious accusations' of state treason, the Kremlin says. Here's what we know about the hypersonic missile scientists.
Dr Maslov will be tried by the St Petersburg City Court in a "top secret" case that was registered on May 12, according to the court's press office. Treason cases are held behind closed doors in Russia.
"He only thought about the institute and those people who believe in it and hope for it. He could not leave them and his country." Stuart Laurence, a professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Maryland, told Reuters he met Dr Shiplyuk on two occasions, including at a conference in Tours, France, in 2012 where the Russian scientist presented a paper with Dr Maslov.
Dr Laurence said he was "pretty sure" Dr Shiplyuk would have been handling state secrets at ITAM. "Given the climate that we're in, hypersonics are a considered a key technology by many countries. There was a lot of impetus to work on more restricted research directly applicable to weapons," Dr Laurence said.
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