Russia To Deliver Verdict In Spy Trial Of US Ex-Marine
In this file photo taken on January 22, 2019, Paul Whelan, a former US Marine accused of espionage and arrested in Russia, listens to his lawyers while standing inside a defendants’ cage during a hearing at a court in Moscow. Mladen ANTONOV / AFPA Russian court on Monday will deliver a verdict in the trial of former US marine Paul Whelan who risks up to 20 years in prison on an espionage charge.
The prosecution has asked the judge to sentence Whelan to 18 years in a strict-regime penal colony, just short of the 20 years maximum term for the charge.The trial comes during an exceptional chill in US and Russia relations and has further exacerbated tensions. The prosecutor claimed that Whelan has the rank of an officer — “at least a colonel” — at the US defence intelligence agency, the lawyer said.
There have been suggestions that if convicted, Whelan, who also has British, Canadian, and Irish passports, could be returned to the US in a prisoner swap.
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