Russia defends 16-year jail term for ex-U.S. Marine on spying charges
Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Monday that a 16-year jail term handed down by a Moscow court to former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan was neither unfair nor too harsh and that he would have been given a longer sentence in the United States. [Source]
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