Russia Sentences Former U.S. Consulate Worker To Prison For Nearly 5 Years

A view of the Kremlin in Moscow. A former U.S. Consulate employee was convicted of conspiring with a foreign state and sentenced to nearly five years in prison. (Credit: Alexander Vilf - Host Photo Agency via Getty Images)

A Russian court found a former U.S. consulate employee guilty of conspiring with a foreign government and sentenced him to four years and 10 months in prison, according to a report.

Russia's security services arrested Robert Shonov, a Russian citizen and former worker at the U.S. consulate in Vladivostok, in May 2023, the Associated Press reported Friday.