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Evan Gershkovich sentenced to 16 years in Russian penal colony on charges of espionage

Friday, July 19

(LONDON) -- Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been sentenced to16 years in a Russian penal colony on charges of espionageafter a guilty verdict was announced in the American journalist's trial on Friday.The State Prosecutors Office in Russia were looking for a sentence...

US soldier sentenced to Russian penal colony, local media reports

Wednesday, June 19

(LONDON) -- Gordon Black, the U.S. soldier arrested in Russia on theft charges, was sentenced on Wednesday to nearly four years in a Russian penal colony, a national news agency reported."The Pervomaisky District Court of Vladivostok sentences Black to almost four years in a...