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Russia on Thursday sentenced a man in Moscow-annexed Crimea to 13 years' jail on spying charges, the latest such punishments meted out since the start of its military offensive in Ukraine.
Authorities in Crimea, which was seized by Russia in 2014, regularly jail people accused of working for Ukraine.
Crimea's Supreme Court said it had sentenced the 36-year-old man, named as A. Dovgan, for "treason" in the form of spying -- "collecting and keeping (information) and handing to the enemy information that could be used against the Russian army".
It published a photo of a man behind bars, with his face blurred.
The sentence came after a secret trial.
Russia has announced treason cases every week in recent months and Moscow has waged a huge crackdown on dissent while its troops fight in Ukraine.
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