A Russian court has sentenced former US Marine Paul Whelan to 16 years hard labour after he was found guilty of spying charges.

Officials in Moscow claim Whelan, 50, was caught 'red-handed' with a computer memory stick containing a list of Russian agents.

Whelan, who has UK citizenship, as well as US, Canadian and Irish passports, has been in custody in Russia since he was arrested in a Moscow hotel room on 28 December 2018.

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