Russia Jails US Citizen Robert Woodland for 12-1/2 Years in Drug Trafficking Case
Posted on AllSides July 4th, 2024
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MOSCOW—A Russian court on Thursday sentenced U.S. citizen Robert Romanov Woodland to 12-1/2 years in a maximum security penal colony after finding him guilty of attempting to sell drugs, Woodland’s lawyer and Moscow prosecutors said. Stanislav Kshevitsky, his lawyer, told Reuters that Woodland, who was detained in Russia in early January, had partially admitted his guilt. Video footage released by the authorities showed a shaven-headed Woodland inside a glass courtroom cage listening intently, but with little emotion, as the verdict was read out. Moscow’s prosecutors office said in a statement...
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