Russia Filed Amicus Brief in the Case of Viktor Bout with the U.S. Supreme Court
Russia has submitted a legal brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of a petition to overturn the sentence of Russian national Viktor Bout.
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Yaroshenko, in a Letter to Trump, Draws Parallel Between Himself and Warmbier
In a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump, Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who is serving a sentence in an American prison, compared his situation to that of American student Otto Warmbier, who died after being released from North Korea.
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Russian Pilot Yaroshenko Writes to Trump: He Requests to Serve His Sentence in Russia
Russian citizen Konstantin Yaroshenko, serving a 20-year sentence in a U.S. prison for drug smuggling, wrote to President Donald Trump, asking to be returned to Russia.
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Putin and Trump Discussed the Cases of Russians Detained in the United States in Hamburg
Houston lawyer Alexey Tarasov expressed hope that the high-level meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin would positively impact the cases of Viktor Bout and Konstantin Yaroshenko.
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Attorney Tarasov: “The situation is draconian”
Attorney Tarasov, the Houston-based lawyer for Victor Bout, discussed the sanctions imposed on his client following an interview with RT.
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