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Arrested at 17, a year after the war in Ukraine began, he was sentenced to serve four years in a penal colony, becoming the youngest person in modern Russian history ever to be convicted of state treason.
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Anna Chernova, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
Inside the church, Charles and Camilla signed two bibles, including one that belonged to Australia’s first minister and chaplain of the First Fleet of ships that took convicts from Britain to the penal colony of Australia in 1788.
—Reuters, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
Now, he was being held in a Siberian penal colony where the conditions were likely worse than the others.
—Sara Ganim, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2024
Whelan, a businessman who has been detained since visiting Russia for a friend’s wedding in 2018, was also convicted of espionage and had been serving a 16-year sentence in a penal colony.
—Carol E. Lee, NBC News, 1 Aug. 2024
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Anna Chernova, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
Inside the church, Charles and Camilla signed two bibles, including one that belonged to Australia’s first minister and chaplain of the First Fleet of ships that took convicts from Britain to the penal colony of Australia in 1788.
—Reuters, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
Now, he was being held in a Siberian penal colony where the conditions were likely worse than the others.
—Sara Ganim, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2024
Whelan, a businessman who has been detained since visiting Russia for a friend’s wedding in 2018, was also convicted of espionage and had been serving a 16-year sentence in a penal colony.
—Carol E. Lee, NBC News, 1 Aug. 2024
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“Penal colony.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penal%20colony. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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