The Russian court sentences the French researcher to three years in prison

Laurent Vinatier (right) is escorted into a courtroom in Moscow

A Moscow court on Monday sentenced French researcher Laurent Vinatier to three years in prison after finding him guilty of violating the law on "foreign agents," Russia's Investigative Committee said.

Vinatier, 48, was arrested in June on charges of espionage and failure to register as a foreign agent.

Russian investigators claimed he pleaded guilty to illegally obtaining information about the Russian military. Prosecutors asked for three years and three months in prison for Vinatier.

His defense team asked the court to fine him, rather than jail him, calling the prosecutor's request "too harsh".

Vinatier is an adviser to the Geneva-based Center for Humanitarian Dialogue, a conflict resolution non-governmental organization, and "travels regularly for his work", his employer said.

The relations between Russia and France have reached the lowest point in history, due to the full occupation of Ukraine by Moscow that started in February 2022./REL

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