Russia imprisons former US consulate employee for ‘secret collaboration with foreign state’
A Russian court on Nov. 1 sentenced Robert Shonov, a former employee of the U.S. consulate in Vladivostok, to four years and 10 months in prison for "secret collaboration with a foreign state." Shonov, a Russian national who worked at the consulate for over 25 years until 2021, became a private contractor after Moscow restricted […]