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Russia Gives U.S. Man It Accuses of Illegally Transporting Weapons a 5-Year Prison Term
Charles Wayne Zimmerman received a five-year sentence after a rifle was found on his yacht in Sochi, highlighting ongoing U.S.-Russia tensions over detainees, court officials said.
- A Russian court convicted and sentenced an American man, Charles Wayne Zimmerman, to 5 years in prison for illegally transporting weapons after a rifle was found on his yacht in Sochi.
- Zimmerman told the court he traveled to Russia to meet a woman he had contacted online and was unaware that having the gun on his yacht was not allowed.
- The case marks one of the few Americans remaining in Russian custody after recent high-profile prisoner exchanges between Russia and the United States.
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U.S. citizen jailed in Russia after rifle found on yacht * WorldNetDaily * by Caden Olson, Daily Caller News Foundation
Source link Russian police video of the man identified as Charles Wayne Zimmerman (@opskuban / Telegram) An American citizen was convicted by a Russian court on charges of illegally transporting weapons, the Associated Press first reported Monday. American Charles Wayne Zimmerman was hit with a five-year sentence while traveling in Russia’s Black Sea coast in June
Sochi Court Jails American Who Brought Rifle Into Russia on His Yacht
A judge in the southern Krasnodar region has sentenced an American to five years in prison for illegally transporting weapons after a rifle and ammunition were found aboard his yacht when it docked in the southern port city of Sochi last year.
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