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Vadim Saltykovsky

Vadim Saltykovsky
Incident Date: July 29, 2025
Incident Type: Treason
Institution: Plekhanov Russian University of Economics (PRUE)

Summary: On July 29, 2025, the Lefortovo Court of Moscow arrested Vadim Saltykovsky, a professor at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics (PRUE) and a former employee of the Presidential Property Management Department, on charges of treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code) Ostorozhno novosti and source RBC.

Details: The case file states that the investigator’s motion for pretrial detention was granted on July 28 and will take effect on August 1. The substance of the claims is not disclosed; the case will be heard behind closed doors. The maximum sentence for treason is life imprisonment, notes the Moscow Times.

Saltykovsky’s personal pages have been removed from the websites of the universities where he worked. According to the card remaining in the archive of the website Plekhanov Russian University of Economics Vadim Saltykovsky is a candidate of geographical sciences.

Sources: Moscow times, BBC.

29 July 2025

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