Gennady Kravtsov

Gennady Kravtsov is a former General Investigation Directorate radio engineer. Three years after his dismissal, he sent a resume to a Swedish company for possible employment in his speciality, where he indicated that he had worked in the GID. The non-disclosure of state secrets had expired by that time. However, according to the investigation, in his CV Kravtsov "disclosed data on the personnel composition of the intelligence agencies", as well as "on the military purpose of the Tselina-2 spacecraft". In the summer of 2013, Kravtsov was summoned for questioning by the FSB, and his flat was searched and his laptop and personal computer were seized. On 27 May 2014, Kravtsov was arrested. During the investigation stage, Kravtsov's defence lawyers signed an undertaking not to disclose the case materials and not to disclose information constituting a state secret. During the investigation Kravtsov was deprived of the opportunity to effectively defend his interests: neither he nor the defence were familiarised with the unpublished normative acts he was accused of violating; the first search and the seizure of Kravtsov's personal computer during the search took place without a court order on the search; the commission that conducted an expert examination on Kravtsov's disclosure of classified information at the request of the investigation included former colleagues of the convicted person, which could affect the objectivity of the examination. The trial was not adversarial and initially had an accusatory bias: as at the investigation stage, neither Kravtsov nor the defence were familiarised with the unpublished regulations he was accused of violating; at the trial, which was held in closed session (which implies the absence of any unauthorised persons other than the participants in the trial), an FSB officer was present, who tried to limit Kravtsov's communication with his lawyer during the entire trial. On 21 September 2015, Kravtsov was sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. On 4 February 2016, the court of second instance reduced the sentence to six years.

In March 2020, two months before his release, Kravtsov was placed in a punishment cell. In April, he was transferred to strict detention conditions. In May 2020, Kravtsov was released.