MOSCOW, October 27 (RAPSI, Lyudmila Klenko) – The Moscow City Court has sentenced former colonel of Russian Armed Forces Andrei Belyayev to 12 years in high security penal colony for treason, RAPSI learned from the court’s press-service.

The court has also stripped Belyayev from his rank of retired colonel and has restricted his freedom for one year after he serves his sentence. Ex-colonel’s Mitsubishi car has been confiscated and used for government’s gain.

Hearings were held behind closed doors because the case was marked as “secret” one.