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RFE/RL: Russia seeks 14-year term for Ukrainian journalist accused of spying

By Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

Published May 28, 2018 at 7:51 pm

(FILES) In this file photo taken on Nov. 28, 2016 Ukrainian journalist Roman Sushchenko, accused by Russia's FSB security service of being a spy, stands inside a defendants' cage during a hearing at a court in Moscow.

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Russian prosecutors are seeking a 14-year prison term for Ukrainian journalist Roman Sushchenko, who is on trial in Moscow on espionage charges in a case viewed by Kyiv and rights activists as politically motivated.

“The prosecution asked 14 years [in prison] for Roman Sushchenko,” his lawyer, Mark Feigin wrote on Twitter on May 28, saying in a separate tweet that the Moscow City Court will announce its verdict in the case on June 4.