A case of treason has been opened against the 76-year-old former head of the Communist Party faction in the Murmansk Regional Duma, the regional department of the FSB reported. The department claims that Gennady Stephano, "being opposed to the special military operation", allegedly cooperated with the Ukrainian side. According to the FSB, a deputy of the Murmansk Regional Duma from 2007 to 2026 used his position to collect and transfer to Ukraine Ukrainian military intelligence documents about the work of the regional government and "engineering facilities" located there. This data, claims the intelligence service, "could be used against the security of the Russian Federation." The court arrested Stefano. He was sent to a pre-trial detention center.

A case of treason has been opened against the 76-year-old former head of the Communist Party faction in the Murmansk Regional Duma, the regional department of the FSB reported. The department claims that Gennady Stephano, "being opposed to the special military operation", allegedly cooperated with the Ukrainian side. According to the FSB, a deputy of the Murmansk Regional Duma from 2007 to 2026 used his position to collect and transfer to Ukraine Ukrainian military intelligence documents about the work of the regional government and "engineering facilities" located there. This data, claims the intelligence service, "could be used against the security of the Russian Federation." The court arrested Stefano. He was sent to a pre-trial detention center.