INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
on July 4 to include news of Dmitry Kolker's death.A Siberian spectral imagery scientist battling late-stage cancer was arrested in hospital
and brought to Moscow on accusations of treason, the Tayga.info news website reported Thursday.He died in custody two days later.Dmitry
Tayga.info.He said Kolker, 54, was accused of sharing state secrets with China.Kolker was known to have given lectures, including on laser
spectroscopy and laser imaging, detection and ranging (Lidar), at a Chinese university
Kolker in pre-trial detention until Aug
had expressed fears he may not survive his incarceration.On Sunday, Maxim Kolker and his sister Alina Mironova said they received a telegram
of Kolker's death in pre-trial detention at 2:40 a.m
Saturday.The cause of his death was not specified, but Mironova said earlier that Kolker was suffering from stage IV pancreatic cancer."This
The man was unable to pass on to a better world near his family," Mironova wrote on social media."They didn't even let the family say its
