RUSSIA - Oct. 31 - Three Brothers Convicted OF Espionage.The Itar-Tass quotes a spokesman for the FSB (FrontSide Bus) See system bus. FSB - front side bus domestic intelligence agency as saying Viktor Kolyadin has been found guilty of "treason treason, legal term for various acts of disloyalty. The English law, first clearly stated in the Statute of Treasons (1350), originally distinguished high treason from petit (or petty) treason. Petit treason was the murder of one's lawful superior, e.g. in the form of espionage" by a Moscow court, and sentenced to 14 years in jail with his property confiscated con·fis·cate tr.v. con·fis·cat·ed, con·fis·cat·ing, con·fis·cates 1. To seize (private property) for the public treasury. 2. To seize by or as if by authority. See Synonyms at appropriate. adj. . His brothers, Pyotr and Alexander, were also found guilty of the lesser offence and sentenced to 14 months and 20 months, respectively. |
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