MOSCOW, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- A Moscow court has sentenced American citizen Gene Spector to 15 years in prison for espionage, RIA Novosti reported Tuesday.
The 15-year sentence includes two years from a previous conviction for mediating a large-scale bribe involving an assistant of the former Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich.
The court also upheld a fine of 14 million rubles (140,000 U.S. dollars) from the earlier verdict. ■
