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Russia jails Estonian officer for 15 years for spying


MOSCOW (AFP) – Russia on Wednesday sentenced an Estonian intelligence officer to 15 years in jail, drawing ire from the EU after Tallinn said he was kidnapped at gunpoint on its territory.A court in the western Pskov region, which borders Estonia, sentenced Eston Kohver on charges of spying, weapon possession and illegally crossing the border, his court-appointed lawyer, Yevgeny Aksyonov, told AFP.Prosecutors claimed Kohver — an officer for Estonias KAPO internal security service — was detained on Russian territory last September as he carried out an undercover operation.NATO member Tallinn however accuses Moscows FSB security service of kidnapping him at …read more

Source: Dunya TV

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