Moscow Court Sentences U.S. Journalist Masha Gessen To 8 Years In Prison In Absentia
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A Moscow court on July 15 sentenced Russian-American journalist, writer, and outspoken Kremlin critic Masha Gessen to eight years in prison on a charge of distributing "false" information about Russia's military.