Japanese MSDF officer held for selling secrets to Russia

Japanese MSDF officer held for selling secrets to Russia

TOKYO, Japan - Police arrest a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) officer Sept. 8 for allegedly passing defense secrets to Russian military attache Victor Bogatenkov. File photo shows Bogatenkov (R) on Aug. 25 handing over a pack of historical documents commemorating the friendship between Russia and the town of Heda, Shizuoka Prefecture, which in 1854 rescued about 500 Russian castaways, to a Heda official at the Russian Embassy in Tokyo.

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