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'Treason' for $5: Russian Warehouse Worker Gets 14 Years for Donating to Ukrainian Medics

A Novosibirsk appeals court has upheld a 14-year strict-regime sentence against Aleksandr Sarbayev, a 44-year-old from Komsomolsk-on-Amur convicted of state treason for sending 400 rubles — roughly five dollars — to Ukrainian military medics.

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