MADRID 5 Nov. () –
A Russian court has ratified this Tuesday the sentence of twelve and a half years in prison against a Russian-American citizen arrested in January in the capital, Moscow, and sentenced for drug trafficking, after the appeal presented by his lawyers against the first verdict. .
The Moscow court system has indicated in a statement posted on its Telegram account that “the Moscow City Court has ratified the verdict of the Ostankino court of first instance against Robert Romanov Woodland.” “The appeal has been rejected,” he added.
Thus, it has been specified that the man was found guilty of a crime under article 228 of the Russian Criminal Code, relating to the purchase, storage, transportation, manufacture and processing of drugs or psychotropic substances.
The Prosecutor’s Office had demanded that the sentence be increased to twelve years and eight months in prison, arguing that the man was part of an “organized group” dedicated to the sale of drugs, which is why he was sentenced in July, without the authorities of The United States has so far reacted to the court’s decision.
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