# Valentin Danilov > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Valentin_Danilov > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Valentin_Danilov.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin_Danilov > Source revision: 1333543841 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Russian physicist **Valentin Danilov** ([Russian](/source/Russian_language): Валентин Данилов, born 1948[1][2]) is a Russian [physicist](/source/Physicist), whose research deals with the effect of [solar activity](/source/Solar_variation) on space [satellites](/source/Satellite). In November 2004, he was found guilty and sentenced to 14 years for [treason](/source/Treason). Many scientists and [human rights](/source/Human_rights) organizations, both in Russia and worldwide protested the sentence because the information he passed to [China](/source/China) was, in fact, declassified in 1992.[3] Danilov was head of the Thermo-Physics Centre at [Krasnoyarsk](/source/Krasnoyarsk) State Technical University (KTSU). In 1999, he has signed a contract between the KSTU and [China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation](/source/China_Aerospace_Science_and_Technology_Corporation). KSTU was supposed to make a test bench used to emulate effect of space on man-made satellites[4] In February 2001, Danilov was arrested by [FSB](/source/Federal_Security_Service_of_the_Russian_Federation), 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](/source/Espionage). He was subsequently sentenced to 14 years in jail for treason. According to [human rights](/source/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](/source/Declassified).[5][6] According to a statement by [Amnesty International](/source/Amnesty_International), "as in the case of [Igor Sutyagin](/source/Igor_Sutyagin), his first trial ended in [acquittal](/source/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](/source/Supreme_Court_of_Russia) quashed the verdict of acquittal; following a second, closed trial, Valentin Danilov was convicted of [treason](/source/Treason) (Article 275 of the Russian Criminal Code) and sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment in November 2004." Danilov was released on [parole](/source/Parole) in Krasnoyarsk in November 2012.[7] He said he would like to continue his scientific career in Novosibirsk.[8] In 2020, the [European Court of Human Rights](/source/European_Court_of_Human_Rights) held that there had been a violation of the right to a fair trial with respect to Danilov.[9] ## See also - [Dmitri Kolker](/source/Dmitri_Kolker) - [Anatoly Maslov](/source/Anatoly_Maslov) - [Alexandr Shiplyuk](/source/Alexandr_Shiplyuk) - [Valery Golubkin](/source/Valery_Golubkin) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** А. Б. Анциферов; Л. В. Гурская; С. П. Харин. [Кассационное представление по делу Валентина Данилова](http://www.scilla.ru/works/uprdem/putiros7.html) (in Russian). Retrieved 2012-12-12. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Дело Валентина Данилова](https://web.archive.org/web/20130726053636/http://www.sakharov-center.ru/politprocess/danilov) (in Russian). Archived from [the original](http://www.sakharov-center.ru/politprocess/danilov#sud) on 2013-07-26. Retrieved 2012-12-12. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Valentin Danilov](http://shr.aaas.org/aaashran/alert.php?a_id=290), statement by [American Association for the Advancement of Science](/source/American_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Валентину Данилову дали время на сборы"](https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/522862). *www.kommersant.ru* (in Russian). 2004-11-06. Retrieved 2024-05-22. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Russian Federation: Concerns about scientists, journalists and lawyers being targeted through criminal cases concerning treason and divulging state secrets"](http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGEUR460032007?open&of=ENG-346) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070218140727/http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGEUR460032007?open&of=ENG-346) 2007-02-18 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), [Amnesty International](/source/Amnesty_International) Public Statement, January 19, 2007 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Statement by AAAS](http://shr.aaas.org/aaashran/alert.php?a_id=290) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Physicist Convicted of Spying for China Freed"](http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/physicist-convicted-of-spying-for-china-freed/471887.html). The Moscow Times. 2012-11-25. Retrieved 2012-11-25. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Scientific Authority"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150329135217/http://en.sib.fm/interviews/2013/03/04/scientific-authority). Sib.fm. 2012-03-04. Archived from [the original](http://en.sib.fm/interviews/2013/03/04/scientific-authority) on 2015-03-29. Retrieved 2013-03-04. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [State-secrets treason trial lacked impartiality](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) ## External links - [Statement by AAAS](http://shr.aaas.org/aaashran/alert.php?a_id=290) - [Letters in support of Danilov](http://www.nyas.org/programs/human_russia.asp) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070607234158/http://www.nyas.org/programs/human_russia.asp) 2007-06-07 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) by [Committee on Human Rights of Scientists](/source/Committee_on_Human_Rights_of_Scientists) - [Russian Federation: Concerns about scientists, journalists and lawyers](http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGEUR460032007?open&of=ENG-346) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070218140727/http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGEUR460032007?open&of=ENG-346) 2007-02-18 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) by [Amnesty International](/source/Amnesty_International), 19 January 2007 - [Press-Conference on Physicist Valentin Danilov’s Trial](http://www.sps.ru/?id=164791) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120717014125/http://www.sps.ru/?id=164791) 2012-07-17 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Valentin Danilov](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin_Danilov) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin_Danilov?action=history)). 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