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A Russian court has sentenced U.S. citizen Eugene Spector to 15 years in jail for espionage, Russia’s RIA state news agency reported on Tuesday. Currently serving a 3-1/2-year sentence in Russia for bribery, Spector, who was born in Russia and then moved to the U.S., was charged last August with espionage. Before his 2021 arrest, he served as chairman of the board of Medpolymerprom Group, a company specializing in cancer-curing drugs, state media has said. Spector in his first court case had pleaded guilty to helping bribe an assistant to an ex-Russian deputy prime minister.
Persons: Eugene Spector, Spector Organizations: Medpolymerprom Locations: Russia, U.S
CNN —A Moscow court has on Tuesday sentenced a US citizen to 15 years in prison for espionage, according to state-run news agency RIA Novosti. Gene Spector, who was born in Russia but later moved to the United States and received citizenship, had previously been sentenced to four years in prison in Russia for acting as an intermediary in a bribe, Russian state media said. Independent Russian outlet Media Zona, who had a journalist inside the courtroom, reported that Spector was sentenced to 13 years in a maximum security penal colony on espionage charges. Before this, Spector was the chairman of the board of directors of Medpolymerprom Group, specializing in cancer drugs, according to TASS. Spector is one of a host of US citizens who have been sentenced to lengthy terms in Russian prisons this year.
Persons: Gene Spector, Spector, Anastasia Alekseyeva, Arkady Dvorkovich, Stephen Hubbard, Robert Woodland, Evan Gershkovich Organizations: CNN, RIA Novosti, Independent, Medpolymerprom Group, TASS, Wall Street, CIA Locations: Moscow, Russia, United States, Michigan, Ukraine, Yekaterinburg
The Russian flag flies on the dome of the Kremlin Senate building behind Spasskaya Tower, in central Moscow, Russia, May 4, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAug 17 (Reuters) - A Moscow court has arrested an already imprisoned Russia-born U.S. citizen on charges of espionage, Russian news agencies reported on Thursday. Russian news agencies did not report any details of the new charges, but said the court session was held behind closed doors as the case materials were classified. Speaking on CNN, White House spokesperson John Kirby said the administration was still collecting information about the case and had no comment yet. Reporting by Maxim Rodionov, Kanishka Singh and Lidia Kelly; Editing by Chris Reese, Daniel Wallis and Raju GopalakrishnanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons: Stringer, Gene Spector, Arkady Dvorkovich, Spector, John Kirby, Maxim Rodionov, Kanishka Singh, Lidia Kelly, Chris Reese, Daniel Wallis, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: Kremlin Senate, REUTERS, TASS, Medpolymerprom, CNN, White, State Department, Thomson Locations: Russian, Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, Russia's St, Petersburg, United States
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