The court found that the young man was recruited in the fall of 2018.
“In the fall of 2019, Pikula collected this information and handed it over to an employee of the intelligence department of a foreign state.
His activities were suppressed by officers of the FSB of Russia in the Krasnodar Territory.
At the hearing, the defendant fully admitted his guilt, "RIA Novosti quoted the press service of the Krasnodar Regional Court.
The young man was deprived of the military rank of lieutenant in reserve.
Earlier it was reported that a Russian was detained in Germany on suspicion of espionage.