Valentin Danilov

{{short description|Russian physicist|bot=PearBOT 5}} '''Valentin Danilov''' ({{langx|ru|Валентин Данилов}}, born 1948<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scilla.ru/works/uprdem/putiros7.html|script-title=ru:Кассационное представление по делу Валентина Данилова|author1=А. Б. Анциферов |author2=Л. В. Гурская |author3=С. П. Харин |access-date=2012-12-12|language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sakharov-center.ru/politprocess/danilov#sud|script-title=ru:Дело Валентина Данилова|access-date=2012-12-12|language=ru|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726053636/http://www.sakharov-center.ru/politprocess/danilov|archive-date=2013-07-26}}</ref>) is a Russian [[physicist]], whose research deals with the effect of [[Solar variation|solar activity]] on space [[satellite]]s. In November 2004, he was found guilty and sentenced to 14 years for [[treason]]. Many scientists and [[human rights]] organizations, both in Russia and worldwide protested the sentence because the information he passed to [[China]] was, in fact, declassified in 1992.<ref>[http://shr.aaas.org/aaashran/alert.php?a_id=290 Valentin Danilov], statement by [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]]</ref>

Danilov was head of the Thermo-Physics Centre at [[Krasnoyarsk]] State Technical University (KTSU). In 1999, he has signed a contract between the KSTU and [[China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation]]. KSTU was supposed to make a test bench used to emulate effect of space on man-made satellites<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-11-06 |title=Валентину Данилову дали время на сборы |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/522862 |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=www.kommersant.ru |language=ru}}</ref>

In February 2001, Danilov was arrested by [[Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation|FSB]], accused of treason, but released on bail October 2, 2002. He was acquitted by a jury of all charges on December 29, 2003.

June 9, 2004 - the Supreme Court of Russia overturned Danilov's acquittal of treason. In November 2004, another jury convicted Danilov of [[espionage]]. He was subsequently sentenced to 14 years in jail for treason. According to [[human rights]] organizations, his sentence was unjustified, because Danilov provided documents to the court showing that all the "secret information" has been in fact [[declassified]].<ref>[http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGEUR460032007?open&of=ENG-346 "Russian Federation: Concerns about scientists, journalists and lawyers being targeted through criminal cases concerning treason and divulging state secrets"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070218140727/http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGEUR460032007?open&of=ENG-346 |date=2007-02-18 }}, [[Amnesty International]] Public Statement, January 19, 2007</ref><ref>[http://shr.aaas.org/aaashran/alert.php?a_id=290 Statement by AAAS]</ref>

According to a statement by [[Amnesty International]], "as in the case of [[Igor Sutyagin]], his first trial ended in [[acquittal]]; the court concluded that the prosecution had not established violations of the law by Valentin Danilov. In June 2004, the [[Supreme Court of Russia]] quashed the verdict of acquittal; following a second, closed trial, Valentin Danilov was convicted of [[treason]] (Article 275 of the Russian Criminal Code) and sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment in November 2004." Danilov was released on [[parole]] in Krasnoyarsk in November 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/physicist-convicted-of-spying-for-china-freed/471887.html|title=Physicist Convicted of Spying for China Freed|date=2012-11-25|access-date=2012-11-25|publisher=The Moscow Times}}</ref> He said he would like to continue his scientific career in Novosibirsk.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://en.sib.fm/interviews/2013/03/04/scientific-authority|title=Scientific Authority|date=2012-03-04|publisher=Sib.fm|access-date=2013-03-04|archive-date=2015-03-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329135217/http://en.sib.fm/interviews/2013/03/04/scientific-authority|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2020, the [[European Court of Human Rights]] held that there had been a violation of the right to a fair trial with respect to Danilov.<ref>[https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/app/conversion/pdf/?library=ECHR&id=003-6871007-9213150&filename=Judgment%20Danilov%20v.%20Russia%20-%20State-secrets%20treason%20trial%20%20.pdf State-secrets treason trial lacked impartiality]</ref>

==See also== * [[Dmitri Kolker]] * [[Anatoly Maslov]] * [[Alexandr Shiplyuk]] * [[Valery Golubkin]]

==References== {{reflist}}

== External links == *[http://shr.aaas.org/aaashran/alert.php?a_id=290 Statement by AAAS] *[http://www.nyas.org/programs/human_russia.asp Letters in support of Danilov] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607234158/http://www.nyas.org/programs/human_russia.asp |date=2007-06-07 }} by [[Committee on Human Rights of Scientists]] *[http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGEUR460032007?open&of=ENG-346 Russian Federation: Concerns about scientists, journalists and lawyers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070218140727/http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGEUR460032007?open&of=ENG-346 |date=2007-02-18 }} by [[Amnesty International]], 19 January 2007 *[http://www.sps.ru/?id=164791 Press-Conference on Physicist Valentin Danilov’s Trial] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717014125/http://www.sps.ru/?id=164791 |date=2012-07-17 }}

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