US journalist Masha Gessen convicted in absentia by Russian court
by Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#6P7HM)
Moscow-born writer and prominent critic of Putin was charged with spreading false information about the military
US journalist and author Masha Gessen has been convicted in absentia by a Moscow court on charges of spreading false information about the military and was sentenced to eight years in prison.
The Moscow-born Gessen, a staff writer for the New Yorker and a columnist for the New York Times who lives in the US, is a prominent critic of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and an award-winning writer.
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