Ilya Sachkov, 35, who founded Group-IB, one of Russia's most prominent cybersecurity firms, was arrested in September 2021 and charged with divulging state secrets, allegations he denies. Sachkov again rejected the charges and compared his case to the Dreyfus affair, a political scandal that shook France more than a century ago.
Treason is punishable by up to 20 years in jail. The details of such cases are rarely made public because of their classified nature.