Russia’s state security service FSB has taken ruthless action against a terminally-ill top scientist amid suspicions Vladimir Putin’s key laser secrets have been handed to China.
Frail Dr Dmitry Kolker, 54, was hauled from his hospital bed in Novosibirsk, Russia, and flown four hours to Moscow where he is now incarcerated in notorious Lefortovo prison.
He is charged with collaborating with Chinese intelligence agencies, a potentially acutely embarrassing blow to Putin who has boasted of his close ties with Beijing.
