Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday that an American citizen of Russian origin who was already imprisoned in Russia on a bribery conviction was sentenced for a second time to 15 years in prison on charges of espionage.
A Moscow court He was charged with espionage v. Jane Spector in August 2023, although details surrounding the case have not been made public.
Local news agencies reported that Spector, whose Russian name is Yevgeny Mironovich, was born in 1972 in Leningrad.
A former executive at a medical equipment company in Russia, Spector was previously sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison in September 2022 for enabling bribes to an aide to former Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich.
The assistant, Anastasia Alexeeva, was sentenced to 12 years in prison in April for taking bribes in the form of two expensive holiday trips abroad.
Dvorkovich was deputy prime minister under Dmitry Medvedev from 2012-2018. He currently heads the International Chess Federation (FIDE).
Russia has arrested and sentenced a number of dual nationals and U.S. citizens in recent years. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovitch was convicted of espionage in July He was released in August as part of a prisoner exchange with former US Marine Paul Whelan.
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