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American Lawyer Jailed in Belarus

August 29th, 2008 · No Comments

American Lawyer imprisoned in Belarus
GUILTY: Industrial Espionage and Carrying Forged Documents
NOT GUILTY: Drug Trafficking
Emmanuel Zeltser was sentenced to three years in prison by a Belarussian court on Monday, Aug. 11, while his Russian secretary, Vladlena Bruskova, got one year.

The US Embassy has not been granted access to Zeltser for two months and was not present [...]

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Tags: Relations with West · United States