Police authorities in Siberias Novosibirsk region on Monday warned citizens against taking part in what they described as fake photo contests allegedly organized by foreign intelligence services to gather sensitive information.The Novosibirsk region branch of Russias National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC) said contest organizers are using social networks platforms like Telegram to obtain pictures of infrastructure sites such as bridges, trains, ferryboat lines and plants.
Individuals are guaranteed cash prizes.The NAC declares the contests are a front for espionage and that those who share such images might deal with life in jail if convicted of passing state tricks to foreign entities.The genuine aim of the jobs organizers ...
is to gather details on local infrastructure and provoke locals into sharing it with foreign entities, possibly jeopardizing Russias nationwide security, the NAC stated in a statement.The firm did not call the foreign nation supposedly behind the campaign.The Moscow Times could not independently validate the claims.The warning comes as Russia faces duplicated Ukrainian drone strikes deep inside its territory, more than three years into the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.