Russian court upholds French researcher’s jail sentence 

A French researcher, Laurent Vinatier, was upheld a three-year prison sentence in Russia for gathering information on the Russian military and violating the “foreign agent” law. France condemned the sentence as arbitrary and demanded his immediate release. Vinatier works for a Swiss conflict mediation NGO and claims he was unaware of the registration requirement. Tensions between Western countries and Russia remain high, with several Westerners being detained during the Ukraine conflict. France and the US have called for Vinatier’s release and criticized Russia’s human rights violations.

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