CIA station in Moscow and handed over classified information to U.S.

In Moscow, for eighteen years in prison sentenced a retired colonel of the FSB Valery Mikhailov.The Moscow District Military Court convicted him of treason , RIA Novosti reported .According to investigators, Mikhailov, acting as a member of the FSB, established contact with the CIA station in Moscow and handed over classified information to U.S. intelligence .In a press release, the court stated that the prosecution had demanded the sentence to thirteen years Mikhailov and four months' imprisonment in a penal colony , fined him five hundred,zero rubles , to confiscate property , and depriving the rank of colonel and state awards .Protection for its part has agreed to six years of the colony without confiscation of property.Other details of the case is not made ​​public because sentencing took place behind closed doors , reports of rape.According to the corresponding BFM.ru, Mikhailova actions caused " damage to the external security of the Russian Federation ."The court also granted the prosecution 's request to impose on the convicted person a fine of five hundred thousand rubles, deprivation of rank and medals "sixty Years of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation In addition , we plan to seize property owned by Mikhailov in Sevastopol.