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Russia jails UK man for 19 years for fighting for Ukraine

A sculpture of Lady Justice inside an appellate court building in Moscow, Russia, on February 4, 2020 [Maxim Shemetov/Reuters]

A British man who was captured by Russia while fighting for Ukraine has been sentenced to 19 years in prison, a Russian court has said.

James Scott Rhys Anderson, 22, was convicted of “mercenary activities” and a “terrorist act” after a three-day closed military trial in Kursk, the court press service for the region said on Wednesday.

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