Newsletter Newsletters Events Events Podcasts Videos Africanews
Loader
Advertisement

Russia warns assistance to foreign state can be treason

Russia warns assistance to foreign state can be treason
Copyright 
By Reuters
Published on
Share Comments Add Euronews on Google
Share Close Button

MOSCOW - The Russian state prosecutor's office said on Sunday that anyone providing financial or other assistance to a foreign state or international organisation aimed against Russia's security could be convicted of treason, facing a maximum sentence of 20 years.

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT

"Each fact of providing financial or other assistance...will be legally evaluated," it said in a statement on the fourth day of what Russia describes as a military operation in Ukraine.

Go to accessibility shortcuts
Share Comments Add Euronews on Google

Read more

Pakistan army helicopter crashes in Kashmir after technical fault, killing all on board

Multiple attackers kill 12 people in late-night shooting in South Africa, police say

Deadly clashes in Kenya as protesters fight US Ebola quarantine facility