Published December 24,2024
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An area court docket in Moscow on Tuesday sentenced US citizen Eugene Spector to fifteen years in jail for espionage, in line with Russian state media.
Spector, who was born in Russia, was sentenced to 13 years in a most safety penal colony by the Moscow City Court, bringing his whole sentence to fifteen years after accounting for an earlier sentence, Russian state news company TASS reported, citing the court docket’s verdict textual content.
The court docket additionally upheld a fantastic of round 14 million Russian rubles (about $140,000) beforehand imposed on Spector, the media outlet mentioned, including that the case was heard behind closed doorways.
In June 2021, Moscow’s Ostankino Court sentenced Spector to 4 years in a most safety penal colony for bribery.
The ruling was later overturned by the Moscow City Court, however Spector was sentenced to a few and a half years at his retrial in September 2022.
The espionage costs in opposition to Spector had been launched later by Moscow’s Lefortovo Court in August 2023.
US authorities haven’t but commented on Spector’s newest sentence.
Source: www.anews.com.tr