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BBC: Russian MP Seleznev incensed after son jailed in US

By BBC.

Published April 23, 2017 at 10:15 am

Valery Seleznev, State Duma member representing the Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) and father of Roman Seleznev, who was recently detained in the Maldives, gives a press conference in Moscow on July 11, 2014.

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Roman Valeryevich Seleznev, 32, was convicted in August for stealing credit card data from US restaurants, causing nearly $170m (£132m) in damages.

Russian MP Valery Seleznev said the sentence was “passed by man-eaters” and that his son was “abducted”.