The head of a Russian rocket and space technology company has been arrested on espionage charges and accused of delivering sensitive technology to China in violation of state export controls, the Federal Security Service said Monday. Igor Reshetin, director of TsNIIMASH-Export, is charged with the illegal transfer of state-controlled technology to a Chinese company, according to the press service of the Federal Security Service, or FSB. Reshetin is also charged with stealing 30 million rubles (US$1 million, ¤850,000) through a scheme involving fake companies and falsified documents, and two of his deputies are charged in connection with the alleged theft, it said.
