Aid to foreign state during Russia's special operation to be viewed as treason against motherland - Prosecutor General's Office

MOSCOW. Feb 27 (Interfax) - The Russian Prosecutor General's Office has issued a warning that any assistance to a foreign state during a special operation to protect the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics (DPR/LPR) will be regarded as treason against the motherland.

"For each case of providing financial and other assistance to a foreign state in activities directed against the security of the Russian Federation, a legal assessment will be given," the oversight agency said in a statement.

"The provision of financial, logistical, advisory or other assistance to a foreign state, an international or foreign organization or their representatives in activities directed against the security of the Russian Federation, contains signs of a crime under Article 275 of the Russian Criminal Code (high treason)," it said.

This crime is penalized by up to 20 years of imprisonment, the Prosecutor General's Office said.