MOSCOW, June 15, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – A Russian court on Monday sentenced former US marine Paul Whelan to 16 years in a penal colony in an espionage trial he dismissed as a “sham”.
The Moscow City Court found Whelan guilty of receiving classified information, as he stood in the courtroom defendant’s cage with a sign that read “Sham trial!” and called on the US president to intervene.