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Russia Jails US Citizen For 15 Years Over Espionage Of Biotechnology Secrets
Eugene Spector, a US citizen jailed for a total of 15 years this week after a Moscow court convicted him of espionage, was found guilty of passing biotechnology secrets to the United States, Russia's FSB security service said on Friday.
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Russia Sentences Ex-US Paratrooper To 13 Years In Jail On Drug Charges
A Russian court on Thursday sentenced U.S. citizen Michael Travis Leake to 13 years in prison on drug smuggling charges, Moscow's court service said in a statement.
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Russia Jails US Citizen After Finding Him Guilty Of Trying To Sell Drugs
A Russian court on Thursday sentenced U.S. citizen Robert Romanov Woodland to 12-1/2 years in a maximum security penal colony after finding him guilty of attempting to sell drugs, Woodland's lawyer and Moscow prosecutors said.
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US Envoy Visits Reporter Accused Of Spying In Russia Jail
The United States embassy in Moscow said on Friday that Ambassador Lynne Tracy had visited Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, a US citizen detained in Russia on spying charges.
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Trump Proud Of Freeing US Citizens Abroad. But An American In Russia...
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that if Whelan's detention is found not appropriate, "we will demand his immediate return." A State Department official, speaking on condition of anonymity due to department guidelines, said that U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman had visited Whelan on Jan. 2 at a detention facility in Moscow. But T...
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Russia Jails US Citizen For 15 Years Over Espionage Of Biotechnology Secrets
Eugene Spector, a US citizen jailed for a total of 15 years this week after a Moscow court convicted him of espionage, was found guilty of passing biotechnology secrets to the United States, Russia's FSB security service said on Friday.
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Russia Sentences Ex-US Paratrooper To 13 Years In Jail On Drug Charges
A Russian court on Thursday sentenced U.S. citizen Michael Travis Leake to 13 years in prison on drug smuggling charges, Moscow's court service said in a statement.
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Russia Jails US Citizen After Finding Him Guilty Of Trying To Sell Drugs
A Russian court on Thursday sentenced U.S. citizen Robert Romanov Woodland to 12-1/2 years in a maximum security penal colony after finding him guilty of attempting to sell drugs, Woodland's lawyer and Moscow prosecutors said.
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US Envoy Visits Reporter Accused Of Spying In Russia Jail
The United States embassy in Moscow said on Friday that Ambassador Lynne Tracy had visited Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, a US citizen detained in Russia on spying charges.
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Trump Proud Of Freeing US Citizens Abroad. But An American In Russia...
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that if Whelan's detention is found not appropriate, "we will demand his immediate return." A State Department official, speaking on condition of anonymity due to department guidelines, said that U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman had visited Whelan on Jan. 2 at a detention facility in Moscow. But T...
