Key facts
- Georgy Pirogov convicted of spying for Poland.
- Sentenced to 23 years in a penal colony.
- Provided information on Russian weapons and missile systems.
- Contacted Polish intelligence in April 2022 after leaving Russia.
- Tasked with obtaining classified information and recruiting individuals.
A Russian man named Georgy Pirogov has been sentenced to 23 years in a penal colony after being convicted of espionage for Poland, the Federal Security Service (FSB) announced. The FSB stated that Pirogov supplied information concerning advanced Russian weapons and missile systems utilized in the conflict in Ukraine. According to the FSB, Pirogov departed Russia following the commencement of the war and initiated contact with Polish intelligence services in April 2022. He was subsequently assigned the task of gathering and transmitting classified information, and leveraging his connections within Russia's defense industry to obtain personal data on individuals with access to state secrets, with the objective of recruiting them. This development follows Poland's arrest of a Russian man the previous day, who was allegedly hired by Moscow to assassinate a Ukrainian-American citizen in Warsaw.