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- Russia sentenced Paul Whelan, a former US Marine, to 16 years in a high-security prison on Monday.
- Whelan was arrested in Moscow in late December 2018 and accused of being on a "spy mission." He had been in town to attend a wedding.
- Moscow said Whelan was caught with a USB drive containing state secrets. Whelan said the drive was planted in his hotel room.
- His arrest was believed to be tied to the US prosecution of Maria Butina, the Russian agent who infiltrated the National Rifle Association.
- According to The Washington Post, Whelan on Monday shouted in the court room that the case was a "political charade" and that Russia was "impotent."
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Paul Whelan, the former US Marine accused of espionage, has been sentenced to 16 years in a high-security Russian prison.
A judge in Moscow handed down the sentence on Monday.
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