81-year-old scientist Valery Mitko, who was under house arrest for more than two years in a treason case, died in St. Petersburg.
under house arrest since 2020 An 81-year-old doctor of technical sciences and one of the leading experts on the Arctic, Valery Mitko, who had been in a treason case (Article 275 of the Criminal Code), died in St. Petersburg. This was reported by First Department lawyers Andrei Chertkov and Anton Golubev, who defended the scientist. “[Recently] the professor was increasingly called for an ambulance, sent to the hospital, from where the last time, a few days ago, he was returned on a stretcher.