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The top Russian court in Ukraine’s Moscow-controlled Crimea region has sentenced Ukrainian national Andriy Zakhtey to 6 1/2 years in prison on sabotage charges that Kyiv contends are unfounded.

The tribunal, which Russia calls the Supreme Court of Crimea, issued the sentence after convicting Zakhtey of plotting sabotage, illegal weapons carrying, illegal purchase of state awards, and documents forgery.

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