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Russia jails ex-U.S. marine for 16 years on spying charges

A Russian court convicted former U.S. marine Paul Whelan of spying for the United States on Monday and sentenced him to 16 years in jail, a move the U.S. ambassador to Moscow called a violation of human rights that would damage ties. [Source]

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Origin: reuters.com

Category: topNews

Topics: spying, years, marine, damage, would, rights, human, violation, called, Moscow, ambassador, sentenced, States, United, Whelan, former, convicted, court, Russian, charges, jails, Russia

Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/jSRuYEsMAMM/russia-jails-ex-u-s-marine-for-16-years-on-spying-charges-idUSKBN23M0X0