[FPSPACE] Another Spy Trial: Igor Sutyagin - Is it a seriouscrisis already ?

[Igor Lissov]

Dwayne,

> As we all know, there is a very blurry line between what is and is not
> classified in Russia today.  For instance, the Russians have released info
> on their spy satellite programs, but have not released any pictures taken
> by those programs.  What if a researcher manages to obtain one of those
> photos?  Could he be arrested for espionage even though someone connected
> to the program willingly gave him the photo?

This has almost occured. The office of newspaper Versiya (Version)
was searched after they published a Russian satellite photo of U.S.
submarine in Norway. I presume the newspaper was given the photo
willingly by 'someone connected to the program' (to prove U.S. sub
killed Kursk), and the investigators tried to find who did this.

Igor Lissov