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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Russia extends detention of US consular worker by 3 months

Lefortovo District Court

A Russian court on Thursday extended by three months the detention of a former employee of the U.S. Consulate in Vladivostok on charges of cooperating with a foreign state.

The U.S. State Department has condemned the arrest of Robert Shonov, which was reported this week. He was detained in Vladivostok on the Pacific coast and brought to Moscow.

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