The debate in the case of the accused in the Stateismman of Professor Babkin was postponed on February 11

The Moscow City Court, at the request of the prosecutor, postponed on February 11 the debate in the case of the defendant of the treason of Professor Anatoly Babkin . According to lawyer Babkin Viktor Danilchenko, the state prosecutor did not explain the reason for the transfer of his speech in a closed process.

72-year-old professor MSTU named after Bauman Anatoly Babkin is charged with an illegal transfer of secret information about the Square high-speed submarine missile to the former US military intelligence officer Edmond PuPu , who represented the Pennsylvania University in Russia.

In December 2000, the Moscow City Court found POUP guilty of espionage and sentenced to 20 years in prison, but later, due to a serious illness, the POP was pardoned by the President of Russia and left for his homeland.

At the process passing from December 16, 2002, Babkin announced his innocence . According to him, he only signed 4 out of 5 scientific reports prepared under an official contract with the University of Pennsylvania. Currently, the professor is under the no to leave.

Meanwhile, according to ITAR-TASS, the lawyer Anatoly Babkin said that "he was not waiting for anything comforting" from the upcoming court decision. "

As part of the process, Professor Anatoly Babkin was also filed a civil lawsuit from one of the military units in the interests of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. According to the lawyer, Babkin filed a lawsuit to compensate for the damage caused to him in the amount of 26 million rubles. However, the defense believes that this claim is "not justified."

Recently, Anatoly Babkin does not work, although it is listed as a professor at the Bauman MGTU. He has to spend most of his time in hospitals or treated at home.