That is, according to Russian news agencies, the detained man is named as Dimitri for Dot kin, who is said to denial charges.

Verdot chickens Profile on the linked in website says he was Aeroflot station manager in the U.

K for the past five years and the airlines country manager there for three years.

Before that, a Russian sources quoted as saying Fred Kine passed secrets to Britain's six foreign intelligence service.

Aeroflot said it had no information about the case on the British Embassy in Russia, referred all queries to local authorities.

Records from a district court in Moscow show that a state treason case was opened Wednesday against a individual named as D A Fado Kin.

If convicted of high treason, he could face 20 years in jail.

Russia periodically detained soldiers, scientists and other state employees on suspicion off passing state secrets to foreign nations.

The country's relations with Britain have been frozen at post Cold War low since the 2018 poisoning off.