[quote]A court in Russia has sentenced Estonian security official Eston Kohver to 15 years in prison for espionage and other charges.
Kohver was detained at the Russian border on last September in a case that provoked a diplomatic row.
Estonia and the EU insist the officer was abducted on Estonian soil. Kohver says he is not guilty.
Russia's domestic security service, the FSB, said he was on a "spying operation" on Russian territory.
After his arrest for spying near the Luhamaa border checkpoint on 5 September, the security official was charged with other crimes including smuggling arms and illegally crossing the Russian state border, according to Interfax news agency.
As well as the prison sentence, the court in the western Pskov region ordered him to pay a fine of 100,000 roubles (£970; €1,800).[/quote]
[url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33986733]Source[/url]
Meanwhile Russia
[quote]Why don’t you show a good example and free immediately Russian citizens Viktor Bout, Konstantin Yaroshenko and Roman Seleznev illegally abducted outside USA and unfairly sentenced to long prison terms?[/quote]
[QUOTE=Fort83;48506228]Wasn't there evidence of a struggle at the scene where Estonia said he was abducted from? Like blood, broken glass and such?[/QUOTE]
Pretty much, yeah. Evidence of smoke grenades and jammers. He was taken from the Estonian side of the border (aka illegally), while the Russians say he had spy equipment.
This is not much better than a kangaroo court.
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