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U.S.-Canadian citizen convicted of spying in Russia

2 years ago

1:58

U.S.-Canadian citizen convicted of spying in Russia

2 years ago
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Duration 1:58

Ottawa-born Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine, has been convicted in Russia of stealing state secrets and sentenced to 16 years in a maximum-security prison after a trial held behind closed doors. Whelan says he was set up.

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