ISLAMABAD – A Russian scientist has allegedly shared extremely sensitiveand confidential information about one of the Kremlin’s underdevelopmentfuturistic fighter jets with the United States.

The Mikoyan MiG-41 project, with billions of dollars invested in itsresearch, now faces redundancy even before it could be officially unveiledand launched in the market.

Authorities officially commenced a probe after arresting Russian scientistViktor Kudryavtsev, who is associated with Moscow’s Central ResearchInstitute of Machine-Building (TsNIIMash) and could be charged with hightreason.

Kudryavtsev has been accused of sharing sensitive and confidentialinformation pertaining to the Mikoyan MiG-41 project with an ally nation ofthe North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

According to Russian news agency TASS link,the arrest of Kudryavtsev, who faces charges of high treason, was upheld bythe Moscow City Court on Thursday. While he remains in custody, his lawyer,Evgeny Smirnov, said the scientist has had no access to any type of secretdocuments for over the past 20 years.

“Kudryavtsev is not giving testimony as he neither knows nor understandsthe accusations against him,” Smirnov explained.