A top manager of a state-controlled Russian energy company has been arrested on spying charges, a Moscow court said Tuesday.
The Lefortovo District Court announced that Karina Tsurcan, has Romanian citizenship, has been put in custody on charges of espionage, but wouldn't give further details.
Tsurkan was detained by operatives of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) on Tuesday. Moscow's Lefortovo district court authorized her arrest. The full namesake of the suspect reportedly works at Russia's energy holding company Inter RAO.
According to several Russian media outlets, Tsurkan has been charged with spying for Romania. However, details of the case have not been disclosed.
Until March 2017, she was on the board of the company that would build Turkey’s first nuclear power plant, Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), Turkish daily Vatan reported on June 21.
