Ivan Safronov (1990)

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Ivanovich and the family name is Safronov.
Ivan Safronov
Born (1990-05-18) 18 May 1990 (age 34)
Moscow, USSR
NationalityRussian
Alma materHigher School of Economics
OccupationJournalist

Ivan Ivanovich Safronov (Russian: Иван Иванович Сафронов; born 18 May 1990) is a Russian journalist. He was arrested in July 2020 on charges of treason related to allegedly disclosing state secrets. A Kremlin spokesman claimed following the arrest that "As far as we know this is not linked to his prior journalistic activity in any way." Kommersant called the charges of treason "absurd".[1]

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