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A leading Russian hypersonic missile expert has been detained on suspicion of high treason.
Professor Alexander Shiplyuk, 55, was held in a swoop by the FSB counter-intelligence agency in Novosibirsk, Siberia where he heads the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.
The respected academic is the latest to be held in a wave of arrests of leading researchers on suspicion of handing secrets to foreign powers.
Like the others he was flown to notorious Lefortovo prison in Moscow for interrogation.
Announcing his arrest, TASS state news agency called him an 'acclaimed Russian scientist'.
Professor Alexander Shiplyuk, 55, pictured, was held in a swoop by the FSB counter-intelligence agency in Novosibirsk, Siberia where he heads the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. The respected academic is the latest to be held in a wave of arrests of leading researchers on suspicion of handing secrets to
