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Russian court upholds ex-reporter’s 22-year treason sentence

Ivan Safronov, an adviser to the director of Russia's state space corporation is seen on a TV screen, as he appears in a video link provided by the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service in a courtroom of the First Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022. A court Moscow on Wednesday rejected an appeal from a former journalist who was convicted of treason and handed a 22-year prison sentence after what has been widely seen as politically motivated trial. (AP Photo/Sergei Fedotov) Ivan Safronov, an adviser to the director of Russia's state space corporation is seen on a TV screen, as he appears in a video link provided by the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service in a courtroom of the First Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022. A court Moscow on Wednesday rejected an appeal from a former journalist who was convicted of treason and handed a 22-year prison sentence after what has been widely seen as politically motivated trial. (AP Photo/Sergei Fedotov)
Russian court upholds ex-reporter’s 22-year treason sentence