Each of three top scientists on the weapon said something treasonous? Or collectively as a group? Nah. Dumb theory.
They’re getting arrested because they promised Putin an unstoppable weapon and now he looks like a dumbass.
They’re getting arrested because they promised Putin an unstoppable weapon and now he looks like a dumbass.
You are jumping to wildly unsupported conclusions.
Any of my guesses is more likely.
It's part of the reason why the initial invasion went so terribly; Putin's analysts told him Kyiv would bend over immediately, and that the public would welcome them as liberators.
Putin smells so much of his own farts that he bought it completely. The analysts were then shocked when Putin said "Okay, invasion today"
"Article 353. Planning, Preparing, Initiating, or Waging War of Aggression
1. Planning, preparing, or initiating a war of aggression - is punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term of seven to fifteen years.
2. Waging a war of aggression - is punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term of ten to twenty years."
When in modern times has an aggressor ever framed the aggression in terms different from a righteous defense?
As things are, if he's still alive by the time regime in Russia changes, that will probably be (one of) the law he will be prosecuted under.