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Maskaev Andrei Alekseevich

Date of birth: February 5, 1978 (48 years old)
citizenship: Россия
Article of the Criminal Code:  275.1
Pursuit stage:  court of first instance
Current location:  Remand Prison No. 1, Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for Ryazan Oblast
Lists of persecuted:  General list

Andrei Maskaev, a resident of Ryazan Oblast, was charged under the article concerning confidential cooperation with foreign nationals. The court ordered him to be held in pre-trial detention.

According to the prosecution, Maskaev established contact via Telegram and WhatsApp with representatives of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine and planned to defect to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.