Summary
A Moscow court sentenced US citizen Gene Spector to 15 years in a strict-regime penal colony for alleged espionage, combining this with a prior bribery conviction.
Spector, a former business executive born in Russia, was already serving a reduced three-and-a-half-year sentence for facilitating bribes.
Details of the espionage charges remain secret, as the trial was held behind closed doors.
The case adds to growing tensions over Russia’s alleged “hostage diplomacy,” with Washington criticizing Moscow’s detention of Americans like journalist Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan on disputed charges.
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Gotta get those bargaining chips
Isn’t the policy around spies to deny, deny, deny?
Only if he is actually a spy. Otherwise it’s just so a Russian can get traded for another Russian.
I guess they want another international arms dealer back. However, I don’t think that Trump is going to be as willing to appease as Biden has been.
Seems like discrimination.
Keep em
